An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of GorkhaArchibald Constable, 1819 - 364 pagine Francis Hamilton Buchanan (1762-1829) was a Scottish-born explorer, naturalist, and physician, employed by the British East India Company in a number of capacities from 1794 to 1815. He conducted surveys of Mysore in 1800 and Bengal in 1807-14. This work, published after his return to Scotland, is based on his 14-month stay in Nepal in 1802-03. Buchanan drew upon his own observations and conversations with hereditary chiefs, Buddhist priests, scribes, and others in an attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the country as he found it before the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16. Buchanan also drew from an earlier work by Colonel William Fitzpatrick, An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, published in London in 1811. In addition to maps and engravings, Buchanan's book includes two noteworthy scientific supplements: a register of the weather from February 1802 to March 1803 and an attempt by Buchanan's colleague, Colonel Crawford, to calculate the height of several Himalayan peaks. |
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Amar Singha Arun Atmosphere hazy belonged Bhim Bhotiyas Brahmans branches brother called capital cast Chandra Chautariya chiefly chiefs of Gorkha Chitaur Colonel Kirkpatrick considerable considered coses cultivated Damodar Damodar Pangre descendants dominions east Emodus clear Emodus clouded Gandaki Garhawal Gorkha Gorkhalese Gulmi Gurungs Hariballabh Hethaura hills Hindus houses Id Emodus id Id id impure inhabitants Jajarkot Kali Kangra Karyi Kathmandu Khas Khasiyas Kichak kind Kirats Kosi Kumau Lama land Lapchas Little fog low country Magars Makwanpur Malebum mentioned Mohurs Morang Musikot natives Nepal Proper Newars Noon officers Palpa Parbatiyas person petty chiefs plain Pluviometer Prakas prince principality Prithwi Narayan probably procured Puraniya rain Raja Raja's Rajputs Rana Bahadur rank revenue rice ridge river river Kali rupees rupees a-year rupini Sahi Sakya seized Sikim Sirmaur Siva snowy mountains Subah Tanahung Tariyani temple Thibet town tribe valley of Nepal whole Yumila
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Pagina 101 - The genius of a government unacquainted alike with the posture and implied restraints imposed by a precise, not to say immutable law or constitution, and taking its colour, for the most part, from the character and temporary views of the ruling individual, must necessarily be of too fugitive a nature to admit of any delineation equally applicable to all periods and circumstances.
Pagina 16 - The language spoken by the mountain Hindus in the vicinity of Kathmandu, is usually called the Parbatiya basha, or mountain dialect; but west from the capital, it is more commonly known by the name Khas basha, or dialect of the Khas country, because it seems to have been first introduced into the territory of that...
Pagina 51 - ... that they are tolerably well skilled in some of the most useful arts. They are in general of a middle size, with broad shoulders and chest, very stout limbs, round and rather flat faces, small eyes, low and somewhat spreading noses, and, finally, open and cheerful countenances ; yet I cannot agree with those who affirm that there is in the general physiognomy of these people, any striking resemblance to the Chinese features.
Pagina 35 - Achars, who at the sacrifices read the forms of prayer (Mantras) proper for the occasion, but retire when the animal is about to be killed by the Got who represents Bhairavi. The shrine, in which the images of the gods are kept, is always shut, and no person is allowed to enter but the priest (Pujari) and the Gots, who personate in masks these deities.
Pagina 99 - The Gorkhalese pretend, that it is one of their principal securities against invasion from the low countries ; and that they could so infect all the waters on the route by which an enemy was advancing, as to occasion his certain destruction.
Pagina 56 - Lamas are the priests of the sect of Bouddh, in Thibet and the adjacent territories, and are monks, who have nominally at least forsaken the pleasures of the world. They totally reject the doctrine of cast, and a person of any nation may be admitted into the order. The whole, at least of those at a distance, consider themselves as under the authority of Sakya Gomba, who came from India about the time of Jesus Christ, and has ever since resided at Lassa, where he remains in perpetual youth. On this...
Pagina 80 - Ammonites, half imbedded in a ball of stone, exactly of the same nature with the petrified animal. Others, which are reckoned the most valuable, are balls containing a cavity formed by an Ammonite, that has afterwards decayed, and left only its impression, or they are what Wallerius calls Typolithi Ammonitarum. The Ammonites or their impressions are called the Chakras or wheels of the Salagrams, but are sometimes wanting.
Pagina 205 - Cali (the western branch of the Goggra), beyond which is the British district of Kumaon. The lowest part of the ancient Nepaul kingdom, stretched into the great plain of Hindostan ; the great valley of Nepaul whose northernmost boundary lies about 27° 50' north latitude, is twentytwo miles from east to west, and twenty miles from north to south. Nepal in its extreme length may be estimated at four hundred and sixty, and its breadth at one hundred and fifteen miles. This singular country consists...
Pagina 224 - November the harvest is completed, after which a considerable portion of the land is cultivated for wheat or other winter crops. The Puya rice is cut down close by the ground. The finer kinds of rice are immediately thrashed, as is likewise all that which is intended for seed ; but the greater part is made into what is called Hakuya. This is done with a view of correcting its unwholesome quality: for all the grain produced in the valley of Nepal is thought by the natives to be of a pernicious nature....
Pagina 55 - ... considerable tribe of Nepal, taken in its most extended sense, are the Lapchas, who occupy the country between the Kankayi and Tista, and from that of the Kiratas ; but by most Hindus they are included under this odious name. Their manners were very nearly the same with those of the Kirats. The Lapchas are a set of vigorous barbarians, about one half of whom had been deluded by the monkish austerities, and superior learning of the Lamas.