The Story of Silent Years
Ludwig F. stiller, S.J., The Silent Cry: The People of Nepal: 1816 -1839 (Kathmandu: Sahayogi Prakashan, 1976) The Silent Cry is the story of the People of unified Nepal during a trying period of…
Writings
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
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Laurence Oliphant on Jung Bahadur
Laurence Oliphant, A Journey to Katmandu (London: John Murray, 1852) Jung Bahdur Rana (1816 - 1877) has been one of the most talked about figures in the history of Nepal. The founder of the Rana …
On Nípal War 1814-1816
Henry Thoby Prinsep, History of the Political and Military Transactions in India during the Administration of the Marques of Hastings 1813-1823 (Two Volumes) (London: Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen…
Giuseppe de Rovato on King Prithvi Narayan Shah
Father Giuseppe de Rovato's "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal," published in 1786, is the rare eye-witness description of the Gorc'ha conquest of the Kathmandu Valley in 1767-69. It is believed…
Early Accounts of Nepal
Francis Buchanan Hamilton, An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha (Edinburgh: Longman, 1819) The book of Francis Buchanan Hamilton …
Custom Search search Vansittart's Notes on Nepal
The book of Eden Vansittart, Notes on Nepal [Calcutta: 1896] was published about 110 years after the publication of Giuseppe de Rovato's account of the conquest of Nepal Valley by Gorkha King Pri…
Nepal in the Accounts of Early Jesuit Travellers
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was the first renowned European who reached Central Asia and India between 343-323 BC. The British exploration, which began about the end of the 18th century trig…
Custom Search search A Window on Literary and Archaeological Research
Cecil Bendal, A Journey of Literary and Archaeological Research in Nepal and Northern India During the Winter of 1884-85 (New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1991) (Originally published by Cam…
Kirkpatrick's Classic on Nepal and Its People
William J. Kirkpatrick, An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul [New Delhi: Manjusri Publication House, 1969] [First published in 1811] The Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul : being the substance of o…
Hodgson's Miscellaneous Essays
Hodgson also writes about speedy disposal of court cases in Nepal. However, if his finding is related with the grievance of Poet Laureate Bhanubhakta Acharya [1814-1871], who had a civil case at …
William Wilson Hunter, Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson, London: 1896.
William Wilson Hunter, Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson, London: 1896.
Whither Nepal (Lucknow: Prem Printing Press, 1952)
Whither Nepal (Lucknow: Prem Printing Press, 1952)