ANCIENT NEPAL
Journal of the Department
~fArchaeology
Number 143 June 1999
Editorial Board Chief Editor Mrs. Riddhi Pradhan
Editor
Mrs. Sani Maiya Rana Chandra P. Tripathee
Published by His Majesty's Government Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture The Department of Archaeology
Kathmandu, Nepal
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ANCIENT NEPL-
Number 143 June 1999
Editorial Board Chief Editor
1~11-s. Riddhi Pradhan Editor
Mrs. Sani Maiya Rana Chandra P. Tripathee
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Lumbini the Peace-Shrine and Place of Pilgrimage -T. R. Vaidya
Animistic practices among tharus of Dang & Deokhuri
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-Poonarn Rana 8-20
Khaptad Region in Mythology
- Shiva Raj Shrestha
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