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    Nepal Mandala (Nepali: नेपाल मण्डल) is the ancient geographic division of Nepal into different regions. It was characterized by three major divisions:...
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    Indo-Aryans, and was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy known as Nepal Mandala. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the...
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    A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, romanized: maṇḍala, lit. 'circle', [ˈmɐɳɖɐlɐ]) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas...
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  • The Nepalese caste system is the traditional system of social stratification of Nepal. The Nepalese caste system broadly borrows the classical Hindu Chaturvarnashram...
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    Newar people (category Indigenous peoples of Nepal)
    constituted the former Newar kingdom of the Nepal Mandala. Unlike other common-origin ethnic or caste groups in Nepal, the Newars are regarded as an example...
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    inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Nepal. The language is known officialy in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa...
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    Valley was known as Nepal after the Nepal Mandala, the region's name in Nepal Bhasa. The regions that constitute present-day Nepal were scattered as numerous...
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    scripts (Nepal Lipi: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐁𑐏𑐮, Devanagari: नेपाल आखल) are a family of alphabetic writing systems employed historically in Nepal Mandala by the...
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    Kathmandu (redirect from Katmandu, Nepal)
    The valley was historically called the Nepal Mandala (the name for the cosmic elements of water Dha mandala in Newari, and cosmos), and has been the...
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    Bhaktapur (redirect from Bhatgaon, Nepal)
    Devaldevi established her own rule in Nepal Mandala as regent for her granddaughter/grandniece, Rajaldevi. In 1349, Nepal suffered one of the most devastating...
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    Panauti is dated Nepal Sambat 866 (1746 CE). Nepal Sambat has also been used outside Nepal Mandala in Nepal and in other countries including India, China...
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    Buddhist text, the Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa, mentioned Manadeva as the King of Nepal Mandala. Researchers believe the Mulasarvastivadavinaya was written in the 2nd...
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    Mha Puja (category Buddhist festivals in Nepal)
    for the participant. Mha Puja and Nepal Sambat are also celebrated abroad where Nepalese have settled. A row of mandalas (sandpainting of a sacred circular...
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    Lakhey (category Culture of Nepal)
    traditional Newar culture of Nepal Mandala. The Lakhe tradition is found in the Kathmandu Valley and other Newar settlements throughout Nepal. Lakhes are said to...
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  • ISBN 0609604082. Retrieved July 7, 2014. Riccardi, Theodore (1985). "Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley. By Mary Shepherd Slusser"...
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    Gorkha Kingdom (category Empires and kingdoms of Nepal)
    kingdom extended to the Trishuli River, forming its border with the Nepal Mandala. The Gorkha Kingdom was established in 1559 CE by Prince Dravya Shah...
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    Gurumapa (category Nepalese legendary creatures)
    Gurumāpā (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐐𑐸𑐬𑐸𑐩𑐵𑐥𑐵‎; Devanagari: गुरुमापा) is a mythical creature in the folklore of Nepal Mandala. According to legend, he is said...
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  • the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding region which was known as Nepal or Nepal Mandala and the citizens were known as Nepa:mi (in Newari) at that time...
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    Shresthas (category Hinduism in Nepal)
    consist of the ruling, land-owning and literate Hindu caste group of the Nepal Mandala, which later formed the core of government bureaucracy during the Shah...
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  • descent or who produce works that are primarily about Nepal. Araniko (1245–1306), Nepal Mandala painter, and key figure in artistic exchange with the...
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    the valley and adjoining areas made up a confederation known as the Nepal Mandala. Until the 15th century, Bhaktapur was its capital, when two other capitals...
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    years, as they presided over and flourished the Newar civilization of Nepal Mandala which developed as one of the most sophisticated urban civilisations...
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    Sand mandala (Tibetan: དཀྱིལ་འཁོར།, Wylie: dkyil 'khor, THL kyinkhor; Chinese: 沙壇城/壇城沙畫) is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction...
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    People, politics and ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 1999. p. 119 Amnesty.de Archived 18 July 2011 at the...
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  • Arimalla (category 13th-century Nepalese people)
    first king of the Malla dynasty in the Kathmandu valley, also known as Nepal Mandala at that time. Beginning in the early twelfth century, leading notables...
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    The Maitighar Mandala (Nepali: माइतीघर मण्डला) is a symbolic monument located in the heart of Kathmandu, Nepal. It is an island at the intersection of...
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    Myths, Rituals and Beliefs in Tibet. Revised edition 2009. Kathmandu, Nepal, Mandala Book Point. ISBN 9789994655106. Karmay, Samten G. (2005, reprint edition...
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    Kachhala (month) (category Culture of Nepal)
    The full moon Kārtik Purnimā is also a major religious holiday. In Nepal Mandala, the day is celebrated as Saki Milā Punhi (सकि मिला पुन्हि) or Saki...
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    Newar art (category Nepalese art)
    earliest dated paubha discovered so far is Vasudhara Mandala which was painted in 1365 AD (Nepal Sambat 485). The murals on the walls of two 15th-century...
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  • The Sparrow's Lost Bean (category Nepalese folklore)
    among the most popular children's stories told among the Newars of Nepal Mandala. Once upon a time, there was a sparrow who was very neat and clean....
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