Landownership in NepalUniv of California Press, 2021 M05 28 - 272 pages This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976. |
Contents
The Kingdom of Nepal | 1 |
The Historical Background | 8 |
Land and Economic Development | 14 |
Interrelationship of Different Forms of Land Tenure | 20 |
Birta Grants during the Rana Period | 26 |
Privileges and Obligations of Birta Landowners | 33 |
Guthi Tenure | 46 |
Conversion Rates | 138 |
LandTax Rates in 1951 | 147 |
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