Book Reviews

नेपालमा न्यायिक समितिः नजिकबाट नियाल्दा

हालै नेपाल कानुन समाजद्वारा प्रकाशित नेपालमा न्यायिक समितिः नजिकबाट नियाल्दा  (काठमाण्डौः नेपाल कानुन समाज, २०७६) भन्ने पुस्तक यस क्षेत्रमा कार्यरत सबै सम्बद्ध व्यक्ति तथा संस्थाहरुका लागि एउटा राम्रो स्रोत सामाग्रीका रुपमा आएको छ । विद्वान न्यायाधीश तिल प्रसाद श्रेष्ठ तथा…

A chronicle of change

Ram Sharan Mahat’s “Trials, Tremors and Hope: The Political Economy of Contemporary Nepal” is a comprehensive account and analysis of major aspects of change from the 50s to this day Nepal is changing fast. The change is evident in socio-economic…

Atkinson on the Khas People of the Western Himalayas

Edwin T. Atkinson, The Himalayan Districts of the North-Western Provinces of    India, Vol II (Allahabad, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, 1884 Edwin T. Atkinson is the first author who researched on the Khas people when dealing with the…

Atkinson on the Khas People of the Western Himalayas

Edwin T. Atkinson, The Himalayan Districts of the North-Western Provinces of India, Vol II (Allahabad, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, 1884 Edwin T. Atkinson is the first author who researched on the Khas people when dealing with the people…

The Great Earthquake of 1934

Major General Brahma Shamsher, Nepalko Maha Bhukampa 1990 [Kathmandu, 1935] The book of Major General Brahma Shamsher Nepalko Maha Bhukampa 1990 [Kathmandu, 1935] presents graphic accounts of the great earthquake of 1934. This earthquake was not only powerful, but also the most destructive of…

Gurkhas in the Indian Mutiny

  Frederick P. Gibbon, The Disputed VC: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny (London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1909) There are several books written about the role of Gurkhas in the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, also called by many as “Sepoy Mutiny”.…

The Divya Upadesh of Prithvi Narayan Shah

  Prithvi Narayan Shah, Divya Upadesh (Possibly 1772-1775) The Divya Upadesh (Divine Counsel) of Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great (1723–1775), the founder King of the unified Nepal, is probably the single most significant document which explains the Gorkha conquest and his contribution…

Buddha and Buddhism in Nepal

  V.A. Smith, The Early History of India: From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest (London: The Glorier Society, 1907) There are many books on the history of South Asia of the first millennium AD. One such book entitled The Early History…

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