OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY
Kri.hnaB. Bhattachan,Ph.D . nand dit a Cane h M. Gurung,Ph.D .
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY &ANTHROPOLOGY T RIB H U V A N U N I V E R SIT Y, 1 9 9 6
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CONTRIBUTORS
Ganesh Man Gurung, Reader: Ph, D, (Sociology), Banaras Hindu University
Kailash Nath Pyakuryal. Professor: Ph, D, (Sociology), Mi chigan State Uru versrty
Krishna Bahadur Bhattachan, Lecturer, Ph, D. (Sociologv)., University of California, Berkeley
Hari Bhattarai, Lecturer (part-time): M,A ( Anthropology), Tribhuvan University
Surcsh Dh a kal, M,k ( Anthropology), Tribh u van LJn ivcr sitv
Tovc C. Kittc lse n, M,k ( Anthropology), University of Oslo, Norway
Uwe Kie ve litz. Ph, [) ( Anthropology),
Regional Advisor, German Technical Cooperation (OTZ)
CONTENTS
ETIINICITY AND NATIONALISM IN THE NEPALI CONTEXT A Perspective from Europe
Uwe Kievelitz
17 THE ISSUE OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NEPAL An EthnorcgionaI Approach
KrishnaB. Bhattachan Kailash N Pyakuryal
38 BHEJA AS A STRATEGIC CULTURAL CONVENTION Community Resource Management in theBarha Magarat Suresh Dhakal
52 THE RAJBANSHIS OF RAJGADH
Community Adaptation in the Environment of Eastern Terai Hari P Bhattarai
78 KURMA,KOLL AND KURl AS COMMUNITY CONCEPTS PatrilineageDeities, and Inside-Outside Dichotomy among the Rana Tharus
Ganesh AI Gurung Tove C Kittelson
