Nepal

Nepal

A History from the Earliest Times to the Present

Michaels, Axel

Oxford University Press Inc

03/2024

432

Dura

Inglês

9780197650936

15 a 20 dias

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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
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