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Title: The Peoples of the Upper Ankhu Khola Valley
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Gérard Toffin
One Sentence Summary: The article discusses on the people of the Ankhu khola valley.

Description: The article discusses on the people of the Ankhu khola valley. The total population of the Ankhu khola valley is 16,914 distributed through four gaon panchayat - Sirtung, Darkha, Jharlang and Laba according to the 1971 census. The article includes a map of the valley and an ecological transect from Tipling to Pasang, showing vegetation stages and the distribution of rhododendrons. The lingua franca in the upper valley is Tamang, a Tibeto-Burmese language, not Nepali. The article discusses the caste and group distribution of the inhabitants of Ankhu khola valley, including the hierarchy and caste system which existed in the valley. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-07)

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: 1976-01
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_03_01_03.pdf
Subject: Ankhu khola
Tamang
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1976) Vol. 3, no. 1
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Prayag Raj Sharma
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 3
Source Number: 1
Source Page Numbers: 34-46
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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Resource Type: Article
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Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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