Nepal

Preface Acknowledgments Glossary On the Spelling and Pronunciation of Indian and Nepalese Words Chronology Introduction Chapter 1: The Country Infrastructure Mountains Earthquakes Water Resources Forests and Holy Trees Chapter 2: The Population Migration Social Structures and Hierarchies The Position of Women Nepal as a Multi-ethnic State Chapter 3: The Religions Buddhism Hinduism Religious Syncretism and Tolerance Chapter 4: Scattered Power and Petty Kingdoms: The Country before the Fourteenth Century Prehistory The Kirata The Licchavi and Abhira-Gupta Period The Early Medieval Period The Khasa-Malla in West Nepal Petty Kingdoms Chapter 5: Divided Rule: The Malla Kingdoms, Thirteenth to Eighteenth Century The Malla Rulers The Urban Culture of the Newars The Three Royal Cities of the Kathmandu Valley Chapter 6: From Gorkha to Nepal: The Imperial Saha Monarchy, 1768/69-1846 Prthvinarayana and His Followers The Consolidation of Gorkhali Power Anglo-British Encounters Sino-Tibetan Encounters Chapter 7: Patrimonial Rule: The Rana Period, 1846-1951 The Kivara Rana, 1846-1885 The Samsera Rana, 1885-1951 Landholding and Agriculture Labor and Slavery Economy and Trade The Legal and Administrative System Education and the Media Healing Systems and Shamanism Hunting and Elephants Rana Architecture The Legacy of the Saha and Rana Periods Chapter 8: From Monarchy to Republic, 1951-2022 The Restoration of the Sahas The Maoist Insurgency The Decline of the Monarchy and the Emergence of Democracy Power and Authority: King, Prime Minister, and Maoist Leader Administration and Law The Urbanization of the Kathmandu Valley Literature, Art, and Music Chapter 9: Alliances and Resistance: Ethnic Groups and Their Histories The Tarai: From Mithila to the Madhesi Uprising The Sherpa Mustang The Kiranti (Rai-Limbu) in Eastern Nepal From Empire to Nation State Conclusion Appendices The Sources Lists of Rulers, Prime Ministers, and British Envoys Notes Bibliography Index