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Title: King Hangshu Dewa and His Minister Wokde
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: I. S. Chemjong
One Sentence Summary: A study of a book in Rong, or Lepcha, script containing the story of King Hangshu Dewa and his minister Wokde.

Description: A study of a book in Rong, or Lepcha, script which was gifted to the writer by the owner of the book, Nalengbo of Bam Basti of Kalimpong. The book contains the story of King Hangshu Dewa and his minister Wokde. The author argues that it was the story of the civilization and culture of ancient Nepal. The author further writes the gist of the story is the conversion to Buddhism from Hinduism of the Kirat King Hangshu Dewa. Chemjong has transliterated and translated the work line by line into simple English. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-05)
Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1975-06
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_02_02_06.pdf
Subject: Lepcha literature
Hangshu Dewa
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1975) Vol. 2, no. 2
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Prayag Raj Sharma
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 2
Source Number: 2
Source Page Numbers: 117-136
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.
Format: Online resource
Print media (print or manuscript)
Media type: text
Resource Type: Article
Digital Encoding: pdf
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Date Of Record Creation: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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