Slavery and unfree labour in Nepal: documents from the 18th to early 20th century

The topic of slavery is largely under-represented in the historiography of Nepal. This source book, aware of this disparity and wishing to encourage future studies on the topic, provides the reader with editions, translations and a study of selected documents and legal texts of Nepal from the period...

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Main Authors: Cubelic, Simon (Author) , Khatiwoda, Rajan (Author) , Michaels, Axel (Author)
Corporate Author: Masters and servants: slavery, bondage and unfree labour in Nepalese history, Patan (Author)
Other Authors: Bajracharya, Manik (Editor)
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg Heidelberg University Publishing 2022
Series:Documenta Nepalica 3
In: Documenta Nepalica (3)

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Online Access:Verlag, Cover: http://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/4B56696D677C7C39363136303836347C7C434F50.jpg?sq=1
Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://d-nb.info/1270927760/04
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Author Notes:edited by Manik Bajracharya ; with contributions by Simon Cubelic, Rajan Khatiwoda, Axel Michaels
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Summary:The topic of slavery is largely under-represented in the historiography of Nepal. This source book, aware of this disparity and wishing to encourage future studies on the topic, provides the reader with editions, translations and a study of selected documents and legal texts of Nepal from the period of the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. These sources are concerned with such different aspects of slavery as donations, transactions, bondservitude, forced labour, emancipation, and law
ISBN:9783968221359