The land of the Gurkhas, or, The Himalayan kingdom of NepalAsian Educational Services, 1998 - 248 pages |
Contents
A GENERAL SURVEY OF NEPAL BY BRIG GEN THE HON C G BRUCE C B M V O | 1 |
THE LIE OF THE LAND The Hill Territory | 17 |
THE LIE OF THE LAND contd The Valley and the Terai 2223 | 22 |
THE EARLY HISTORY OF NEPAL | 31 |
RISE OF THE GURKHAS | 42 |
TURBULENT YEARS | 51 |
JUNG BAHADUR AND HIS DAYS | 63 |
EVENTFUL TIMES | 71 |
THE CAPITAL OF NEPAL | 140 |
TEMPLES AND SHRINES | 149 |
PATAN | 160 |
BHATGAON AND NAWAKOT | 167 |
CENTRAL NEPAL | 178 |
THE WESTERN BORDER | 193 |
GURKHA LINEBOYS | 196 |
THE EASTERN BORDER | 201 |
NEPAL IN MODERN DAYS | 79 |
THE GURKHA AS HE Is | 92 |
CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 103 |
SPORTS AND DIVERSIONS | 115 |
THE HIGH ROAD TO KATHMANDU | 127 |
DARJEELING AND ITS SURROUNDINGS | 209 |
DARJEELING TODAY | 218 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 231 |
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