The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal
Rajendralala Mitra, The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, [Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1882] Gautam Buddha, also known as the Shakyamuni, was born in the Western foothill of Nep…
Book Reviews
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
48 entries
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…
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 …
Nepal in 1661
Athanasius Kircher, China Monumentis [Amsterdam: Jaco Meurs, 1667] The Year 1667 is not a politically remarkable year in the history of Nepal. But it is in this year that King Pratap Malla (reign…
Friendship Forgotten - 1887
William Digby, A Friend in Need-1857: Friendship Forgotten -1887' [London: Indian Political Agency, 1890] The Rana rule has often been the focus of many writers who wrote the history of Nepal fol…
Captain Thomas Smith's Nepal Years
Thomas Smith, Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepal [London: Colburn and Co, 1852] Thomas Smith's Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepal [London: Colburn and Co, 1852] brings all t…
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…
Regional Perspective on Water?
A watercourse describes any flowing body of water. This includes rivers, streams, anabranches, and so on. Nepal is a rich country in terms of its water resources. It has a functioning system of w…
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…
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 …
The History of Absorbing Patriotism
Perceval Landon, Nepal Vol. I & II (New Delhi: Rupa & Co, 2007) (Originally published in 1928) Father Giuseppe de Rovato's "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal" was the first article written by an…
Tibet and Nepal in 1905
A. Henry Savage Landor, Tibet and Nepal (London: A. & C. Black Soho Square, 1905) The book Tibet and Nepal by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865 – 26 December 1924) is the story of his adventures t…