sanskritisation

Bahunvada: Myth or reality?

ARCHIVE: The Kathmandu essayist on the history of ethnic hierarchy in modern Nepal (1992).

| Nov 19, 2018

The Mithila attitude

Traditionally, the caste system has functioned differently in the Nepali Tarai.

| Apr 01, 2010

The vamshavali from Chamba

Reflections of a historical tradition.

| Mar 01, 2010

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