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There is no dependable record of the development of the Nepali legal system prior to the fourteenth century AD. The laws shown in inscriptions of the ancient Hindu rulers have not proved to be very important as judicial works which could have influenced the later legal systems of Nepal. The first influential proponent of judicial law in Nepal was Jayasthiti Malla. As stated in the chronicle (...
The word mandal is Sanskrit in origin and has passed into the north Indian languages meaning a halo of light or circle. The word is also used in the sense of a circle of colleagues or people who pursue similar (such as literary) interests and are linked together in a loosely knit yet formally constructed organisation. Devotees of various Vaisnavite sects form kirtan (devotional hymns) mandals...
The paper discusses the peoples that live in the upper Ankhu Khola valley, which is located about 45 km west of Kathmandu. Mainly Tamang (over 70%), smaller groups of Gurungs and Newars live in this area.
The village of Padipur is in the central Terai, a mile away from its district headquarters and three miles from the Indian border. There are 155 households scattered on either side of the cart track going south from the main road. In these 155 households, there are 11 castes. The article analyses their occupations and landholding. The paper provides a study on one village, looking at political...
There are two ways of classifying kinship systems - one that classifies such systems according to the terms used for addressing one's cousins and one which classifies according to the terms used for parents and siblings. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Newar kinship system from these two points of view.
The facts in this paper were collected in Kattike Deurali gaon panchayat (Kabhre Palanchok district). This district lies between the Sun Kosi and one of its tributaries, the Chauri Khola and consists of two small valleys which rise, one perpendicular to the Sun Kosi and the other to the Chauri Khola. The various villages are situated mostly half way up the southern slopes of the valley. The...
The author examines claims made by Dr Haimendorf in 1975, where he presents the link between economic organisation and its correlation with social relations. He argues that it is appropriate to consider the extent to the type of trade produces certain social attitudes and arrangements.
The concept of "social outlook" is a term that seems to explain everything, but really explains...
One of the fundamental goals of anthropological research in Nepal must be to generate data, explanations and recommendations which can be used by policy makers to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants without causing either long or short term degradation of the environment. In particular the socio-economic systems of existing hill and mountain populations must be stabilised in their...
This paper attempts to describe the aspirated consonants of Maithili in the framework of generative phonology. The main question that will be asked is: Are the Maithili aspirated consonants to be treated as unitary phonemes or as clusters of two phenomes? In an effort to resolve the situation, 'simplicity metric' criteria will be used and their efficacy and value assessed. A modified version...
sTod-pa is one of four villages located in the valley above the junction of the Humla Karnali and Dozam Khola and is not far from Simikot, the capital of Humla district in the Karnali Zone of north western Nepal. These four villages are collectively known as Bod Yul-tsho bZhi or Nyin Yul-tsho bZhi, that is, the four Tibetan village districts or the four Nyin...
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