Book Reviews

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 Cambridge in 1886) The book A Journey of Literary and Archaeological Research in Nepal…

Nepal: A Journey into the Mythical Past

Munshi Shew Shunker Singh & Pandit Shri Gunanand, Nepal: History of the Country and the People (New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 1983) (Originally London: Cambridge University Press, 1877) (Edited by Daniel Wright) Originally published in 1877, the book Nepal: History of the Country…

The Growth of the Nepalese Nation

  Ludwig F. Stiller, S. J., Nepal: Growth of a Nation (Kathmandu: Human Resources Development Center, 1993) Ludwig F. Stiller, S. J. is not a new name in Nepal. He was a famous American Nepalese historian who produced a couple of distinguished…

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 observations made during a mission to that country…

Nepalese state, democracy and geo-politics

Lok Raj Baral, Nepal – Nation-State in the Wilderness: Managing State, Democracy and Geopolitics (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012) Nepal is at very crucial stage of its history as a “nation state.” While every state by definition is a political and a…

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 An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal is the second book in English…

Changing Caste Relations in Nepal

A. Patricia Caplan, Priests and Cobblers: A Study of Social Change in a Hindu Village in Western Nepal [Aylesbury Bucks; International Textbook Company Limited, 1972] [Reprinted in Nepal by Mandala Publications, 2006]  The book Priests and Cobblers is a study on the changing…

The Country Caught in ‘Chakrabyuha’

A book entitled Chakrabyuha ma Chandra Surya: Rastriya Surakshya ra Swadhinata ka Chunautiharu [The Sun and the Moon Caught in Chakrabyuha: Challenges of National Security and Independence], which was released in Kathmandu on 30th November 2012, has become the talk of the…

Tragic Hero of Kashmir

Book Review Ajit Bhattacharjea, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah: Tragic Hero of Kashmir (New Delhi: Lotus Collection, 2008) Asoj 30 2066 When the British were leaving South Asia, there were approximately 600 ‘princely states’ in the subcontinent. All of these states were…

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