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Tibetan and Himalayan > Journals > Journals Focused on Regions > Nepal > Contributions to Nepalese Studies > (1975) Vol. 2, no. 1

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A Brief Survey of Nepal's Trade with British India During the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
The article briefly surveys Nepal's trade with the British India during the later half of the nineteenth century. The article reveals that there existed no registered trade between the two countries o...
Jā̃gko: A Newar Family Ceremony
The article discusses the Hindu tradition in which each stage in the life of an individual is marked by a religious ceremony which is called samskar (sacrament). Among the samskar which are celebrated...
Jā̃ko: A Newar Family Ceremony
it expresses certain ideas concerning kinship. The article includes 1 sketch illustrating the relations of one Newar family. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-01)
Nepal and South India
The article traces the ancient relation of Nepal with South India. The author writes that Viramadevi, mother of prince Jay Sakhti, had the image of the bull and the flag-staff plated with gold at the ...
Nepal on the Eve of the Rana Ascendancy
The article tries to add research work on the number of positions within the administrative hierarchy based on the work of Satish Kumar's Rana Polity in Nepal. Actually, it is a supplement to t...
Patterns of Education and Literacy In a Village Panchayat of Central Nepal
The article examines the claim by Bernard Pignede that eighty percent of the Gurung men from nineteen to eighty were literate in relatively isolated Dansing-Mohariya village some sixteen years ago. Ei...
Preliminary Notes on Marriage and Kinship
The article studies the socio-cultural organization of the inhabitants of Helambu. The article briefly compares the kinship and marriage patterns of Helambu Sherpas and Khumbu Sherpas with Tibetans of...
Rājyābhishekako Aitihāsika Mahatva
The article discusses the function of a rite called Rajyabhisehk. It is a custom practiced when one gained a high post. In the Malla period, Rajyarohan and Rajyabhisekh are taken to have the same func...
Review of A. Patricia Caplan, Priests and Cobblers
This is a review by D. R. Dahal of A. Patricia Caplan, Priests and Cobblers: Social Change in a Hindu Village in Western Nepal (San Francisco: Chandler, 1972).
Review of Debala Mitra, Excavation at Tilaurakot and Kodan and Explorations in the Nepalese Tarai
This is a review by P. R. Sharma of Debala Mitra, Excavation at Tilaurakot and Kodan and Explorations in the Nepalese Tarai.
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