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Nepal: a history from the earliest times to the present

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Until 1951 Nepal was closed to the world, landlocked between the strongest Asian powers, India and China. With its exceptional landscape, it touts the highest mountains and the greatest biodiversity on earth. It is best known as the home of Mt. Everest and holds particular fascination for those inte...

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Main Author: Michaels, Axel (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2024]
Edition:English language edition
Subjects:
Nepal > Civilization
Nepal > History
Nepal > Politics and government > History
Nepal
Geschichte
Online Access:Verlag, Cover: https://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/426F6F6B446174617C7C393738303139373635303933367C7C434F50.jpg?sq=1
Aggregator, Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780197650936.pdf
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Author Notes:Axel Michaels
Table of Contents:
  • The country
  • The population
  • The religions
  • Scattered power and petty kingdoms: the country before the fourteenth century
  • Divided rule: the Malla kingdoms, thirteenth to eighteenth century
  • From Gorkha to Nepal: the imperial Śāha monarchy, 1768/69-1846
  • Patrimonial rule: the Rāṇā period, 1846-1951
  • From monarchy to republic, 1951-2022
  • Alliances and resistance: ethnic groups and their histories.

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