An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of GorkhaHamilton, Francis
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An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha
Hamilton, Francis
Nepal -- Description and travel; Nepal -- History
VAGMATI river, 205, 207, 208
Vairagi, a kind of religious mendicant, 246
Valeriana, an herb, 97
Vallies, see Nepal and Lahuri Nepal, and also 68, 69, 80,
87, 198, 274, 282, 284, 288, 313
Varaha Chhatra, or Kshetra, a place of worship, and its Mahanta or
Priest, 134, 136, 137, 151
Varma, or Burmah, dynasty, 189, 190, 191
Vazir, a high officer of government, 102, 115
Vedas, doctrine of, 30, 208, 301
Vegetables for the kitchen, 228, 229
Vegetable productions, see Plants
Vijayapur, a town, capital of Morang, 133, 137, etc, 151
Vines, grape, 73
Vishnu, a deity, 32, 281, 302, 310
Visi, a measure of land, 112
Viswanath, a noble family, 110, 154
WAGES, 233
Walnut tree, 83
War, 300
Water-spouts, 70
Weather, see Register at the end, Climate, Springs, temperature of,
and also 64, 71, 89, 196, 199, 203, 205,
242, 277, 284, 301, 307, 313, 314, 315
Weavers, 232
Webb, Mr, his survey, 4
Weights, 215, 290
Wheat, 226, 282, 297, 301, 305
Wool, 76, 307; see also Shawl
Woollen manufacture, 232
Women, condition of, 103
YAMAPATRI, a kind of melk land, 219
Yasawal, a lordship, 314
Yew tree, or Hingwalka bara Saral, 217
Yogimara, a town and military station, 183, 184, 193
Yuddha Vikram Sahi, king of Gorkha, 174, 251, 255, 260-262
Yumila, a principality, 15, 129, 174, 237, 239, 240,
250, 276, 280, 282, 293, 294, 298
ZEDOARY, a root, 99
Zemindar, a person holding land for rent, 112, 115, 149
Zemindar, a person managing the revenue of one or more landed
estates, (Pergunahs,) 152, 292, 296
Zila, a considerable territory managed by a Subah, 151, 161,
162, 168
Zinc, Dasta, or Tutenague, a metal, 76, 195, 264, 272
ERRATA
Which it is hoped the Reader will correct, and in some part excuse, as,
owing to the Author’s residing at a distance from the Printer, the
proof-sheets were once only revised, and this has been found totally
inadequate to avoid numerous errors in printing so many foreign names.
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