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A Nepalese Copper-plate from the Time of Prithvinarayan's Father
A short study of a copper plate (tāmā patra) photographed at a bazaar in Bodhnath, Kathmandu in February, 1962. (Mark Turin 2004-04-01)
Administration and Politics in a Nepalese Town: The Study of a District Capital and Its Environs
Creator’s Description: This book describes and analyzes the processes by which recent economic and political developments have impinged on traditional social institutions and relationships wi...
Administration and Politics in a Nepalese Town: The Study of a District Capital and Its Environs
Creator’s Description: This book describes and analyzes the processes by which recent economic and political developments have impinged on traditional social institutions and relationships wi...
Ascetics in Western Nepal
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Himalayan Dialogue: Tibetan Lamas and Gurung Shamans in Nepal
A prominent anthropological work on Tibetan culture, Himalayan Dialogue uses the lens of hermeneutical dialogue to examine "shamanic" and "Buddhist" aspects of Tibetan culture. These two aspect...
Land and Social Change in East Nepal: A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations
Creator’s Description: This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous "tribal" people, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. It d...
Land and Social Change in East Nepal: A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations (Second Edition, with a Postscript)
Creator’s Description: This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous "tribal" people, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. It d...
Priests and Cobblers: Social Change in a Hindu Village in Western Nepal
Creator’s Description: This book is a study of the changing relations between members of the priestly caste (Brahmins) and a group of untouchables (Sarkis or Cobblers) over the period from th...
Priests and Cobblers: Social Change in a Hindu Village in Western Nepal (reprint)
Creator’s Description: This book is a study of the changing relations between members of the priestly caste (Brahmins) and a group of untouchables (Sarkis or Cobblers) over the period from th...
Review of A. Patricia Caplan, Priests and Cobblers
This is a review by D. R. Dahal of A. Patricia Caplan, Priests and Cobblers: Social Change in a Hindu Village in Western Nepal (San Francisco: Chandler, 1972).
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