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... brought from London , and cost , it is said , £ 500 . After inspect- ing the public rooms , the stranger is shown the tro- phies of Sir Jung Bahadur's hunting expeditions . These consist of skulls of elephants , tigers , rhinoceroses ...
... brought from London , and cost , it is said , £ 500 . After inspect- ing the public rooms , the stranger is shown the tro- phies of Sir Jung Bahadur's hunting expeditions . These consist of skulls of elephants , tigers , rhinoceroses ...
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... brought from China in the time of General Bhimasena . These fish are now common in many of the small tanks in the valley . Close to this tank , on the north , is a small house , built by the Bhatgaon general for the use of the British ...
... brought from China in the time of General Bhimasena . These fish are now common in many of the small tanks in the valley . Close to this tank , on the north , is a small house , built by the Bhatgaon general for the use of the British ...
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... brought when their end approaches , and at the last moment they are hurried to the edge of the stream , and their lower ex- tremities are immersed in the water . Here too the bodies of the dead are burned , and there is a spot close by ...
... brought when their end approaches , and at the last moment they are hurried to the edge of the stream , and their lower ex- tremities are immersed in the water . Here too the bodies of the dead are burned , and there is a spot close by ...
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... brought before the king and worshipped as Kumārī devis , after which they are mounted on cars and carried through the city . When the cars arrive at the palace , the gaddi is brought out , and the king's sword ( sometimes the king ...
... brought before the king and worshipped as Kumārī devis , after which they are mounted on cars and carried through the city . When the cars arrive at the palace , the gaddi is brought out , and the king's sword ( sometimes the king ...
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... brought against it . It is strange that such should be the case , as many of these young men have lived for years at Calcutta , and have been present at various camps of exercise ; but the Gorkhas are so arrogant and self - conceited ...
... brought against it . It is strange that such should be the case , as many of these young men have lived for years at Calcutta , and have been present at various camps of exercise ; but the Gorkhas are so arrogant and self - conceited ...
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17 Paternoster Row Acharya Badi Bagmati Bandhudatta Bandya became Bhairava Bhatgaon bhikshus Bhimasēna Bhotiyas bihar bihārs Brahmans British brother brought Buddha Buddhist built called Cambridge Warehouse caste caused ceremony chaitya Chōk College deity Demy Octavo descendants Dēva Dēvi dhārā died Durbar dynasty edition erected festival four Ganesha gave goddess gods Gōrkhālī Gorkhas grihastha Guhjeswari Guru guthi hills jātrā Jaya Jung Bahadur Kājī Kali Yuga Kantipur Karkōtak Kathmandu king Kumārī Lalitpur Lāmā live Machchhindranatha Mahādēva Mahārāj Malla Malla reigned Manjusri mantras mountain named Nārāyana Nepāl Nepal Sambat Nepalese Newārs night Noakōt palace palmleaf Pandit Pashupati Pashupati-natha Patan performed priests Prithwīnārāyana Pūjā Rājā Rāma Rānī Ranjit Malla rath Resident returned rice road Sāh Satya Yuga shrine Siddhi-Narsinha Sinha Sir Jung Bahadur Siva Sri Sri stone Sudi Swayambhu tank temple told took town troops valley Vikram Sah village Vishnu Vishnumati worship
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