The Sacred Complex of Kathmandu, Nepal (Religion of the Himalaya Kingdom) [Hardcover]

The empirical and through study throws light on various dimensions of religion of this Himalayan Kingdom: sacred culture of Hindus and Buddhists, the textual and contextual dimensions of the sacred centres, the cultural history of Kathmandu depicting the rise and fall of different royal patronage for rise of various Temples, Math’s, vihars etc. various sacred performance, pilgrimage and pilgrims of Kathmandu, its ecology, peaceful co-existence of the religions, made and organisations of sacred specialties, in totality. Very useful to the fields: Religion, history, Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy. About The Author:- Dr. Makhan Jha, is Professor of Anthropology at Ranchi University. Contents:- Preface • Introduction • The Cultural History of Kathmandu • The Sacred Centres of Kathmandu: a Textual Perspective • The Sacred Centres of Karhmandu: Contextual Perspectives • The Sacred Performances at Kathmandu • The sacred Specialists of Kathmandu • The Pilgrimage and the Pilgrims of Kathmandu • Summary and Conclusion • Appendix • Bibliography • Index The Title 'The Sacred Complex of Kathmandu, Nepal (Religion of the Himalaya Kingdom) written/authored/edited by Makhan Jha', published in the year 1995. The ISBN 9788121204903 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 224 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is RELIGION / PHILOSOPHY. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-