An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul : Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country in the Year 1793 /

An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul : Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country in the Year 1793 /

An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul is the description of the Kingdom of Nepal in the late eighteenth century. It covers the en route to Kathmandu and other regions in Nepalese country. It is a first-hand account offered by a British official posted in the region in 1793 when the Nepalese kingdom so...

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Main Author: Kirkpatrick, Colonel (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024.

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Social Sciences.

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Call Number: DS1 .A4915

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Preliminary Observations-Construction of the Map /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Route from Munniary to Hettowra /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Route from Segouly to Hettowra /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Routes from Hettowra to Khatmanda /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Division of Lands in Nepaul-Measures and Weights-Cultivation of the Soil-Labourers' Wages-Classes of the Peasantry-Military Service /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Route from Doona to Khatmanda /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Valley of Nepaul-Temple of Sumbhoo-nath-Extent of the Valley of Nepaul-Surrounding Mountains-Bhagmutty and Bisbnmutty Rivers-Khatmanda-Pata-Bhatgong-Kirtepoor-Chobbar /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Name, Climate, Season, Soil, and general face of the Country of Nepaul-Metals and Minerals-Animal and Vegetable Prodnctions-Population and Classes of Inhabitants-Customs and Manners-Religion, Temples, and religious Festivals-Government-Laws-Administration of Justice-Commerce, Arts, and Manufactures-Revenues, and Military Force-Coins-Learning-Languages /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Historical Sketch of Nepaul /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Boundaries, Extent, and seyeral Divisions of Nepaul.-Various Routes and Distances /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Itinerary /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Ertract from a Memorial of the Court of Khatmândfû, relati11e to the Origin of the War with Tibet. /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Official Papers and Letters, Relative to Colonel Kirkpatrick's Mission to Nepaul /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Some Account of the Invasion of Nepaul by Purthi Nerain. Extracted from Father Giuseppe's "Account of Nepál," in the Second Volume of the Asiatic Researches, p. 315 /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick
  • Index /
  • Colonel Kirkpatrick.