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<p>This article is a critical analysis of the work of Regmi, <em>Epigraphy and Society in Ancient Nepal</em>. The article discusses this published paper and also inscriptions and vamsavali of different periods of time. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-02)</p>
<p>This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the non-Sanskritic nominals attested in ancient Nepalese epigraphy. (Mark Turin 2004-06-15)</p>
<p>This article is a brief biography of Dhanavajra Vajracharya (1932-1994). It was published in memory of him. It includes 1 leaf of plate. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-28)</p>
<p>This is a review by Kamal P. Malla of <em>The Nepal-Mahatmya: A IX-century Text or a Pious Fraud?</em></p>
<p>The article discusses a vamsavali found in the National Archives of Nepal. The manuscript is a complete version of the fragment of a vamsavali - popularly known among scholars as the Kaisher Vamsavali (VK). It describes the physical condition and the written content. The article includes 14 plates which reproduce the original material. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-31)</p>
<p>The article presents some evidence in support of various hypotheses for the names of several hills in Nepal. Four interrelated hypotheses have provided the main conceptual framework while analyzing and interpreting the non-Sanskrit words encountered in the Sanskrit inscriptions of ancient Nepal. The article includes 3 appendices. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-28)</p>
<p>This is a review by Kamal P. Malla of Luciano Petech, <em>Mediaeval History of Nepal</em>.</p>
<p>This is a review by Kamal P. Malla of Mary Shepherd Slusser, <em>Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley</em>.</p>
<p>The article attempts to analyze the river names of the Nepal valley from an ethno-linguistic perspective. The river is an unmistakable element in the topography of any settlement, more so in agricultural settlements where the river may be their life-line. River names are, therefore, an important index to the linguistic, cultural, and above all, ethnographic history of a settlement. Here in this article, ancient river names of the Nepal valley are examined as evidence of prehistoric ethnic contacts between the aborigines and the Indo-Aryan immigrants. Different strata of river names are documented as evidence of the process of cultural absorption and Sanskritization. It includes a sketched map of main rivers of the valley. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-25)</p>