Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Before nepals emergence as a nation in the latter half of the 18th century, the designation nepal was largely applied only to the kathmandu valley. The birth of nepalese democracy in 1951 opened its classrooms to a more diverse population. King birendra bir bikram shah dev and queen aishwarya, killed in 2001. The wright chronicle reconsidered manik bajracharya and axel michaels introduction it is an oftendiscussed theory that india and this includes, for once, nepal as well did not produce any historiography. Merrell, then charge daffaires at new delhi, presented the legion of merit to prime minister the maharaja padma shumshere jung bahadur rana in recognition of the role played by gurkha soldiers from nepal in. Nevertheless, nepal has much more than monarchs when it comes to realm of history. Delving into the religious history of nepal, the construction of temples and installation of deities has usually been from the part of royalties, aristocrats,traders, and common donors. In english, the nepali scholar and politician dilli. The most spoken language of nepal is nepali followed by several other ethnic languages. Kings reigns, a chronicle of nepalese history, part 2, ancient nepal kathmandu, july i969 hereinafter cited as. Men, women and children sit on the basement porch of. The history of nepal can broadly be divided in to three phases, ancient, medieval and modern. Nepal once again gets mentioned in the hindu epic of ramayana.
With fifteen peaks higher than 7 000 m, including the worlds highest peak mount everest at 8. Roughly 75 percent of the country is covered by mountains. The recent excavation in the kathmandu valley has found out neolithic tools. Ancient nepal having thus come into existence was ruled over by the rulers of. A gurkha homestead at massiang village in palpa district. Facts about ancient history of nepal prithvi narayan shah, the eldest son of narabhupal shah of gorkha, was born on 27 push 1779 bs. Thus, up to the unification of the country, nepal s recorded history is largely that of the kathmandu valley.
The priests never became all powerful figures in nepali society, like that of india and tibet. History is the record of past event peoples desires, efforts, achievements and failures. Nepals strategic balancing posted in asia 26may05 author. Apr 20, 2014 in history of nepal, newars are thought to have lived in the nepal valley since the 4th century ad, developing a hindubuddhist culture. Aug 12, 2018 a pivotal moment in nepal s history was the birth of buddhism. Over the centuries nepal s boundaries have extended to include huge tracts of neighbouring india, and contracted to little more than the kathmandu valley and a handful of nearby citystates. The history of the nepalese monarchy has been the integral and inseparable part of the history of nepal. But there are some very clear indications that the prevedic and vedic aryans had already entered nepal much earlier. Thus up until the unification of the country, nepals history is largely the history of the kathmandu valley. The legislative authority of the interim government, prior to the establishment of the ca rested in a 330 member parliament.
Etymology of the word nepal the kings of the gopala dynasty ruled over it. Around this time, the nepal as we know it today was divided into about 46 independent principalities. They attacked and defeated the last kirati king, gasti. Another crucial chapter of the history began the fall of rana regime in february 1951, after. Published by the department of archaeology in kathmandu, nepal, ancient nepal.
Whelpton portrays a country of extraordinary contrasts, whose history has been buffeted constantly by its neighbors, china and india. Prithvi narayan shah is known as the founder of modern nepal. History of nepal centuries ago, on the plains of the terai region along nepals southern border, the ruling influence was predominantly that of the aryan power raging in north india. The second known rulers of nepal are the lichhavis. Nepal as a political region has been united by different kings of different kingdoms at various times in nepalese history. Nepals history dates back to the time of the gopalas and mahishapalas who are believed to have been the earliest rulers of the valley with their capital at matatirtha, the southwest corner of kathmandu valley.
Education in nepal was long based on homeschooling and gurukulas. Nepals rich prehistory consists mainly of the legendary traditions of the newar, the indigenous community of nepal valley now usually called kathmandu valley. This period is the first documented period in the history of nepal. A pivotal moment in nepals history was the birth of buddhism. This brief survey is intended as a list of works which i have found especially useful myself or which i think would be particularly suitable for readers wanting to follow up topics necessarily treated very cursorily in my recent onevolume history. Oct 11, 2015 a brief timeline on nepals political history with an analysis on the current situation. Historical development of temple architecture in nepal. Greater nepal is a nascent irredentist concept of nepal extending beyond its present boundaries to include current indian territories controlled by the gurkha army after defeating some neighbouring kingdoms in wars fought from 1791 to 1804 but ceded to the east india company under the sugauli treaty after the gurkha king was defeated in the 181416 anglonepalese war. Executive power is exercised by the prime minister and his cabinet and the legislative power is in the hands of. This is a timeline of nepalese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in nepal and its predecessor states.
Nepal s history dates back to the time of the gopalas and mahishapalas who are believed to have been the earliest rulers of the valley with their capital at matatirtha, the southwest corner of kathmandu valley. Before nepal s emergence as a nation in the latter half of the 18th century, the designation nepal was largely applied only to the kathmandu valley and its surroundings. History of nepal ministry of foreign affairs nepal mofa. During the earthquake nearly one third of the total population of kathmandu were killed. Dilli raman regmi is the only nepali historian who has written and published extensively in english on the ancient and medieval history of the country, his ancient. Nepal does not allow party formation along ethnic, caste, religious, tribal or regional lines.
The earthquake of june 7, 1255 ad 10 bs is the first recorded earthquake in the history of nepal. Vintage nepal rare old pictures, videos and arts of nepal a gurkha homestead at massiang village in palpa district. Landlocked and isolated by the himalayas, nepal is bordered on the west, south, and east by india, and on the n by the tibet region of china. This tells about the prearyan settlement in the then nepal. Licchavi also lichchhavi, lichavi was an ancient kingdom on the indian subcontinent, which existed in the kathmandu valley in modernday nepal from approximately 400 to 750 ce. His rule became a blessing to the licchhavi period which also made it the golden age in the history of nepal. Earthquake history of nepal historical photos nepali. They were called nepa, so, after the name of the dynasty, the country was named as nepal. According to the outline history of nepal, nepal consisted of three kingdoms during the early medieval. Centuries ago, on the plains of the terai region along nepals southern border, the ruling influence was predominantly that of the aryan power raging in north india. While john whelptons history of nepal focuses on the period since the overthrow of the rana family autocracy in 195051, the early chapters are devoted to the origins of the kingdom and the evolving relations of its diverse peoples. There are usually both buddhist and brahmanic hindu versions of these various legends. The species homo heidelbergensis a protohuman who was an ancestor of modern homo sapiens inhabited the subcontinent of india centuries before humans migrated into the region known as europe. First ruling dynasty gopal dynasty 8 kings ruled around 500 years.
Nepal contains some of the most rugged and difficult mountain terrain in the world. Nepal emerged as a unified state over two hundred years ago, centred on the kathmandu valley with its two thousand years of urban civilisation. Ancient history of nepal the history of nepal is mainly classified into. The history of nepal is intertwined with the history of the broader indian subcontinent and the. Sep 18, 2011 earthquake history of nepal historical photos posted on september 18, 2011 february 3, 20 by anand nepal the earthquake of june 7, 1255 ad 10 bs is the first recorded earthquake in the history of nepal. Both versions are accepted indiscriminately in the festivals associated with legendary events, a tribute to the. He became known as the buddha, or the enlightened one. In the 3rd century bc the great indian emperor introduced buddhism into nepal. To read about the background to these events, see history of nepal. Anshuverma has been referred to as a man of many talents. History of nepal from past to present history of nepal. Founded by king prithvi narayan shah, a gorkhali monarch of rajput origin from. The licchavi clan originated from vaishali and muzaffarpur in modern northern bihar, india and conquered kathmandu valley. Josse nepal s unfortunate location between india and china has led to the phrase.
Himalaya, the journal of the association for nepal and himalayan studies volume 25 number 1 himalaya no. The museum shows how nepal was unified in the 18th century and displays various ethnic and cultural heritage of nepal. Nepal geography, climate and population geography nepal is located entirely in the ganges basin and is bordered by india in the east, south and west and by china in the north. Some historians in nepal are of the opinion that lichivis during first country a. From the south to the north, nepal can be divided into four main physical belts, each of which extends east to west across the country. Much of kathmandu valleys history around this time was recorded by capuchin friars who lived in the valley on their way in and out of tibet. A grand palace built by him, the kailashkutbhawan is a great achievement in the field of architecture and engineering. On account of the compression format we have used for the pdf files, we. History of nepal from ancient to monarchy, democracy.
Josse nepals unfortunate location between india and china has led to the phrase. However the expansion came to a halt when nepal came into conflict with british india company and signed the treaty of sugauli which lost the most important territories of nepal. One among these was the kingdom of gorkha with a shah ruler. Ancient medival modern the rulers of ancient period were as follows. Politically nepal at present is functioning within republic framework. In this milieu, gautam buddha prince siddhartha of the sakya clan renounced his royal luxuries in search of enlightenment, wandering around the plains of. Nepal country constitutional profile constitutionnet. Men, women and children sit on the basement porch of thatched house. A brief timeline on nepals political history with an analysis on the current situation. History the history of nepal began in, and centres on, the kathmandu valley. They were ousted by the kirantis around the 7th or 8th century b. The history of nepal has always been closely linked to the legends of the hindu and buddhist pantheon, kings and generals, until todays century. While john whelptons history focuses on the period since the overthrow of the rana family autocracy in 1950 51, the early chapters are devoted to the origins of the kingdom and the evolving relations of its diverse peoples. An historical study of a hindu kingdom in english and french.
Among the killed were the king of kathmandu valley, abahya malla. It is a multiethnic, multiracial, multicultural, multireligious, and multilingual country. Special interests include epigraphy, manuscripts, numismatics, archives, art, anthropology, architecture and museum studies. The author is able to provide a brief analysis of most events and aspects of the history without taking sides, even when discussing the foreign actors and influences. A vamshavali edited by daniel wright addeddate 20110703 11. These tools were used at the advent of neolithic era and many of them date back to 9000 b. Baburam bhattarai is the prime minister and head of government. Regmi also has written a number of papers on nepali history the first article being published in 1942, but most of them. References to nepal valley and nepals lower hill areas are found in the ancient indian classics, suggesting that the central himalayan hills were closely related. With fifteen peaks higher than 7 000 m, including the worlds highest peak mount everest at 8 848 m, nepal is one of the highest countries in the world. Jun 11, 2014 nepal s strategic balancing posted in asia 26may05 author. Second ruling dynasty mahispal dynasty 3 king ruled around 150 years.
List of books and articles about nepalese history online. While john whelptons history focuses on the period since the overthrow of the rana family autocracy in 19501, the early chapters are devoted to. A sage called ne lived in penance on the confluence of the bagmati and bishnuma. A brief history of nepal tweet the first firm historical records about nepal begin in around the 7 th to 8 th century bc when the kiratis, a mongoloid people, migrated westwards from china into the kathmandu valley. This was a lake in the prehistorical period, longtime ago mahatma vippsaya. The history of nepal is intertwined with the history of the broader indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of south asia and east asia. Before nepals emergence as a nation in the latter half of the 18th century, the designation nepal was largely applied only to the kathmandu valley and its surroundings. The first firm historical records about nepal begin in around the 7 th to 8 th century bc when the kiratis, a mongoloid people, migrated westwards from. Education in nepal from the primary school to the university level has been modeled from the very inception on the indian. Next we will present the education system in nepal. Very little is known about the early history of nepal, legends and documented references reach far back to the 30th century bc. The first formal school durbar school, established by jung bahadur rana in 1853, was intended for the elite. Newars are thought to have lived in the nepal valley since the 4th century ad, developing a hindubuddhist culture. Nov, 2012 the areas of presentday india, pakistan, and nepal have provided archaeologists and scholars with the richest sites of the most ancient pedigree.
Nepal had been ruled throughout its history by the kings of different dynasties until the monarchy was abolished in 2063 bs. It is located mainly in the himalayas, but also includes parts of the indogangetic plain. Pdf on jan 1, 2006, shanker thapa and others published history of nepalese buddhism. The museum was housed in a newari style palace, known as tallo durbar, built by king ram shah in the 18th century. When lichhavies, lost their political fortune in india, came to nepal. A brief timeline on nepals political history with an.
The ancient history of nepal is obscured in various myths and legends. The main party through nepals modern history providing nearly all of the countrys prime ministers even when the ban on parties prohibited party activity is the nepali congress party nc. Himalaya, the journal of the association for nepal and. The gurkha principality was later established by rajput warriors from india, and in.
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