Accham District (Nepal)
Adams, Vincanne
Aelianus
Afghanistan
Agrawal, Arun
Al Qaeda
American Himalayan Foundation (AHF)
Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP)
Arniko
Asian Development Bank
Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz
Avedon, John
Aziz, Barbara
Bajhang District (Nepal)
Barnett, Robert
Beall, Cynthia
Bedouin
Bell, Charles
Bishop, Barry
Bista, Dor Bahadur
Blamont, Denis
Blower, John
Blue sheep
Bön; Matri Festival
Border. See Sino-Nepal border.
Brahmaputra River
Brew, David
British Empire; Anglo-Nepalese wars; East India Company; McMahon line; Transportation infrastructure
Brower, Barbara
Buddhabhadra
Budhathoki, Nar Bahadur
Buddhism
Burma
Bush, George W.
Bhutan
Cambodia
Caplan, Lionel
Caravan (film). See Himalaya (film)
Carpenter, Chris
Carrasco, Pedro P.
Casimir, Michael J.
Central Intelligence Administration (U.S.)
Chakpori Tibetan Medical Institute (India)
Chakravarty-Kaul, Minoti
Chantal (ethnic group)
Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
Chomolongma. See Everest, Mt.
Chu Shi Gang Druk. See Tibetan resistance movement (and Glossary)
Community forestry; Community Forestry Act
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Craig, Sienna
Dailekh District (Nepal)
Dalai Lama; Nobel Peace Prize
Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA)
Darchula District (Nepal)
Dasain (Hindu festival)
Debrecezny, Karl
Deuba, Sher Bahadur
Dhaulagiri, Mt.
Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (Nepal)
Dhungel, Ramesh
Digital Himalaya Project
Disney (corporation)
Dolakha District (Nepal); Kodari
Dolpa District (Nepal); Barbung Valley, Creation of
Dolpa Environmental Social Educational Restoration Team (NGO)
Dolpo: Almanac (lotho); Area of; Astrology (see Dolpo; Almanac); Boundaries of; Caste membership; Climate; Cuisine; Development in (see also plate 21); Elevation; Family planning; Fictive kin relations (see Trade partners; netsang); Gender relations in; and labor; Geology; Health care (see also Tibetan medicine); History; Household production; Householder priests (ngag pa); Income; Irrigation; (see also Resource management institutions; chu gyen); Kinship; Labor arrangements; Life expectancy; Literacy; Map of; Myths; Name origins; Panzang River (see also plate 3); Population of; Property descent; Religious rituals (see also plate 14); Restricted areas; Seasonal employment; Strata; Tarap Valley; Trees; (see also plate 18); Tsharka Valley; Veterinary care; (see also plate 11)
———. Administration of; Headmen; Traditional positions of authority; Village assembly
———. Agriculture; (see also plate 8); Crop depredation; Crops; Land ownership; Soil fertility; Tillage (see also plate 6)
———. Education; Action Dolpo (NGO); Crystal Mountain School; Deutsche Dolpo-Hilfe (NGO); Friends of Dolpa (NGO); Tapriza Verein
———. Fuel resources; (see also plate 17). See also Resource management institutions; rame
———. Monasteries; Champa Lhakhang; Dechen Labrang; Paldrum; Ribu; Sachen Nyima; Shey; Tarzong Tashi Chöling; Tralung; (see also plates 25 and 26); Yang Tser; (see also plate 2)
———. Nangkhong Valley (see also plate 9); Saldang Village; Vijer Village
———. Panzang Valley; (see also plate 1); Nilung Village; Polde Village; Shimen Village (see also plate 13); Tinkyu Village
———. Rangelands: Allocation of (see Resource management institutions); Area of; Boundaries; Burning practices; Condition; Conflicts over; Degradation; Fodder; Grazing pressure; Growing season; Management; Ownership 8; Plant species; (see also appendix 2); Productivity; Tenure; Toponomy
———. Resource management institutions; Allocation of rangelands; Chu g yen (see also Glossary); Fines (see also plate 8); Lhe gyen (see also Glossary); Rame (see also Glossary)
———. Seasonal movements (see also plate 7); Changes in
Dolpo Artists’ Cooperative
Dolpo Sherap Gyaltsen
Dolpo Shey Saldang Service Center (NGO)
DROKPA (NGO)
Dunai (District HQ); (see also plate 19); Jagdullah River; Jagdullah Valley; Juphal Airport; Kag-Rimi; (see also plate 20); Phoksumdo Lake; Phoksumdo Valley; Phoksumdo Village Development Committee; Pungmo Village; Ringmo Village; Suligad; Tichurong
Ekvall; Robert
Epstein, Israel
Escobar, Arturo
Ethnography; Informants; Salvage anthropology
Exchange. See Trade partners, netsang
Everest, Mt.
Fa Xien
Ferguson, James
Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria
Fisher, James
Fleming, Robert (junior); Fleming, Robert (senior)
Fox, Joseph
Frontiers; Chinese conceptions of
Fulbright Foundation
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von
Galatée Films
Galaty, John
Ganges River
Gauchan, Nirmal
Gentric, Marie-Claire
Ghimire, S. K.
Goldstein, Melvyn
Gorkha Kingdom
Grunfeld, Tom
Guichard, Eric
Guomindang
Gurkha soldiers
Guru Rinpoche
Gurung (ethnic group)
Gurung, Chandra
Gurung, Harka
Hagen, Toni
Hamal, Angad
Hardin, Garrett
Harrer, Heinrich
Hay-Edie, Terence
Heffernan, Claire
Hillary, Edmund
Hillary Trust
Hilton, James
Himalaya (film); Academy Awards nomination; Earnings; Local impacts; Plot
Himalayan Amchi Association
Hollywood
Ho, Peter
Horsethief (film)
Humla District (Nepal); Humli-Khyampa pastoralists; Limi
Humla Karnali River
Humphrey, Caroline
Hunting
Huntsinger, Lynn
Inden, Ronald
India: Aksai Chin Plateau; Darjeeling; Dharamsala; Dolanji; Kalimpong; Ladakh; Partition; Pastoralists in; Sikkim; Siliguri; Zanskar. See also Sino-Indian relations
Indigenous knowledge
Indo-Tibetan frontier
Indus River
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Jai Nepal Cinema Hall (Kathmandu)
Jang Jie Shi
Japan Foundation
Jest, Corneille
Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University/U.S.)
Jumla, Kingdom of
Jumla District (Nepal)
Kagar Rinpoche (of Tarap Valley)
Kalachakra initiation
Kali Gandaki Valley (Nepal)
Kanjiroba, Mt.
Karmapa
Karnali zone (Nepal)
Kathmandu
Kathmandu Post (newspaper)
Kawaguchi, Ekai
Kham Magar (ethnic group)
Khampa. See Tibetan resistance movement
Khumbu District (Nepal); Thyangboche monastery
Kids In Need Of Education (NGO)
Kind, Marietta
Knaus, Kenneth
Koirala, Bishweshwar Prasad
Korean War
Kot massacre (1846)
Kundun (film)
Lama, Karma Tenzin (of Panzang Valley) (see also plates 14 and 26)
Lama, Shakya (of Nangkhong Valley)
Lama, Sonam Drukge (of Panzang Valley), (see also plates 10, 11 and 14)
Lama, Yeshe
Lavie, Smadar
Levine, Nancy
Lhundrup, Thinle (of Saldang Village)
Limbu (ethnic group)
Livestock, Butchering; Census; Competition with wildlife; Crossbreeds; Goats (see also plate 5); Herd composition; Herding strategies; Illnesses; Markets; Mortality; Mules; Products; (see also plate 16); Sheep; (see also plate 5); Stocking rates; Trade; Yak
———. Breeding; Castration
———. Horses; Breeding, Rituals for (see also plate 4)
———. Rituals (see also plate 20); Liberation ceremonies (tse-thar)
Lo, Kingdom of; Ame Pal; Angdu Tenzin Trandul; Bista, Jigme Palbar (present ruler); Dolpo painters in; Suzerainty over Dolpo
Lo Monthang (capital of Lo)
Lopez, Donald
Los Angeles Times
Makalu Barun Conservation Area (Nepal)
Malaria
Malinowski, Michael (U.S. Ambassador to Nepal)
Manang District (Nepal)
Manasarowar Lake (Tibet)
Manchu Empire
Mao Tse-tung
Maoists (Communist Party of Nepal–Maoist); Attacks; Links to terrorism
Marshall Plan
Mastiffs
Matthiessen, Peter
Medicinal plants trade
Miller, Daniel
Mongolia
Mosse, David
Mountain gods
Mountain Institute (TMI)
Mueggler, Eric
Mugu District (Nepal); Mugali pastoralists; Mugu Karnali River
Musk deer
Mustang District (Nepal); Emigration from; Gelling Village; Kagbeni Village; Lubra Village; Muktinath; Thupchen monastery
Nepal; Castes; Congress Party; Democracy movement (Jana Andolan; 1990); Diplomatic relations with other nations; Emergence of development in; Emergence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in; Langtang; Map of; Nation-state formation; National Center for the Development of Nationalities; National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act (1973); Nepalganj (Banke District); Panchayat; Panipalta River; Parliament; Pokhara; Relations with peripheral areas; Royal Massacre (June 6); Royal Nepal Army; Surkhet (Surkhet District); Taxation; Transportation infrastructure
———. His Majesty’s Government of Nepal; Department of Forest and Plant Research; Department of Livestock Services; Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation; (and buffer zones); Home Ministry; Land survey (naapi); Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation; Ministry of Health; Nepal Salt Trading Corporation; Village Development Committees (VDCs)
———. Livestock development in; Balangara Yak Farm (Dolpa District); Fodder development; Gotichaur Goat and Sheep Research Farm (Jumla District); Northern Areas Pasture Development Program (NAPDP); Veterinary programs
Nepal-China relations. See China, Sino-Nepal relations
Nepal-German High Mountain Archaeology Project
Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project
Nepal-India relations
Nepal-Tibet treaties
Nepal-Tibet wars
Nepal National Studio
Netherlands Development Organization (SNV)
New Zealand
Newar (ethnic group)
Nixon, Richard
Norbu, Dawa
NOVA (television program)
Nyishangba (ethnic group)
Opium
Ortner, Sherry
Outside (magazine)
Paanch Sheela. See Sino-Indian Relations, Doctrine of Peaceful Coexistence
Padmasambhava. See Guru Rimpoche
Pakistan
Panchen Lama
Pandey, Kedar
Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs)
Pastoralism; Academic interpretations of; Agro-pastoralism; Commons; Definitions of; Government attitudes toward; Labor; Mobility; Roles of livestock; State interactions with; Tragedy of the Commons; Transhumance; Wealth
Patterson, George
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Pemba Tarkhe (of Nangkhong Valley)
People’s Republic of China; Communist party (CCP); Cultural Revolution; Development policies; Gansu Province; Great Leap Forward; History (1951–2000); Minority nationalities policy; Nation-state formation; Pastoral development policies; People’s Liberation Army (PLA); Red Guards; Sichuan Province; Transportation infrastructure; Yunnan Province
Perrin, Jacques
Pigg, Stacey Leigh
Pilgrimage sites; Bodhgaya (India); Boudhanath Stupa (Nepal); Kula Ri (Dolpo); Lumbini (Nepal); Ne Sampa (Dolpo); Shey Ribu (Dolpo); Swayambunath (Nepal); Trangma Tramsom (Dolpo)
Plato
Polunin, Oleg
Qing empire
Rademacher, Anne
Rai (ethnic group)
Ramble, Charles
Rana prime ministers
Rana Tharu (ethnic group)
Rangeland ecology: Aspect; Definition of rangelands
Rangeland management: Carrying capacity; Nonequilibrium theory; Opportunism
Rauber, Hanna
Regmi, M.C.
Richard, Camille
Richardson, Hugh
Rukum District (Nepal)
Saberwal, Vasant
Sagarmatha. See Everest, Mt.
Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal)
Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (NGO)
Said, Edward
Sakya, Karna
Salt: Harvesting of Tibetan; Iodized; Indian salt; Trade in
Saltmen of Tibet (film)
Salzman, Phillip
Sarin, Ritu
Schaller, George
Schell, Orville
Schicklgruber, Christian
Scorcese, Martin
Scott, James
Senat Musée (Paris)
Seven Years in Tibet (film)
Shadow Circus (film)
Shah, Neer
Shah kings (Nepal); Bahadur, Birendra; Mahendra; Prithvi Narayan; Tribhuvan
Shahi, Yogendra
Shakya, Tsering
Shangri-la
Sherpa (ethnic group)
Sherpa, Mingma Norbu
Sherpa, Nyima Wangchuk
Sherpa, Tenzin Norgay
Shey Phoksundo National Park; Hanke guard post; Polam (Park HQ)
Shining Path (Peru)
Shipton, Eric
Shneiderman, Sara
Shrestha, Tirtha Bahadur
Sihlè, Nicolas
Sindhupalchowk District (Nepal)
Sino-Indian relations; Agreement on Trade and Intercourse (1954); Doctrine of Peaceful Coexistence; Sino-Indian conflict (1962)
Sino-Nepal relations; Agreement on Trade and Intercourse (1956); Development aid to Nepal; Mustang Incident; Nepal-China Peace Agreement (1792)
Sino-Nepal border; Boundary Agreement (1961); Boundary Protocol of 1963; Border posts; Closing of Tibet border; Joint Sino-Nepal Boundary Committee; Militarization of; Survey of; Trans-frontier pasturing; Transit points
Sino-Soviet relations
Skaria, Ajay
Smart, John
Sneath, David
Snellgrove, David
Snow leopard
Sonam, Tenzin
Soviet Union
Spengen, Wim van
Spotlight (Nepal magazine)
Spotted leopard
Stainton, Adam
Stevens, Stan
Summers, Diane
Sun Yat-sen
Sutlej River (Nepal)
Taiping rebellion
Tamang (ethnic group)
Taplejung District (Nepal)
Tarai (Nepal)
Taylor-Ide, Daniel
Tenzin Norbu (of Panzang Valley)
Tethys Sea
Thakali (ethnic group); Tax collectors (subba)
Thangmi (ethnic group)
Thorsell, James
Tibet: Anti-Rebellion Campaign; Categories of subjects; Changtang; Chinese authority over; Communes; Economic development; Feudal government; Gartok; Great Leap Westward; Gyantse; Jonang monastery; Kunlun mountains; Kutin; Kyirong; Land and livestock redistribution; Lhasa; Mutual Aid Teams; Nepalese citizens living in; Ngari; Pastoral development; Phala; Purang; Railroad; Reforms; Representations of; Rongbuk monastery; Seventeen Point Agreement; Shigatse; Shungru; Socialist Education Movement; Struggle sessions; Tibet Autonomous Region; Tingri (see also plate 6); Yarlung dynasty; Zhang-zhung kingdom
———. Nomads: Chinese view of; Collectivization; Sedentarization; Taxation of
Tibet-in-exile: Tibetan diaspora; Tibetan refugees
Tibetan gray wolf
Tibetan phenomenon
Tibetan resistance movement Baba Yeshi; Gyatso Wangdu; Shadow Circus (CIA operation); Uprising (1959)
Tourism; Ecotourism
Trade, (see also plate 9); Barter; Chinese control of; Cultural interactions during (see also plate 20); Endangered species; Luxury goods; Opium; Organization of; Trade marts; Trade partners (netsang); Trans-Himalaya; Wool
Train, Russell
Tucci, Giusseppe
Turin, Mark
United Nations
United Nations Development Program/Food and Agriculture Organization (UNDP/FAO)
United Nations Education Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), Plants and People Initiative
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States National Park Service
United States Presidential Council on Environmental Quality
Valli, Eric
Wegge, Per
Wehrheim, John
Wilderness Act (U.S., 1964)
Wildlife, Depredation of livestock
Windhorse (film)
World Bank
World Heritage Convention; Shey Phoksundo National Park’s nomination for
World Trade Center (New York)
World Wildlife Fund Nepal Program (WWF Nepal); Northern Mountains Conservation Management Project
Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl (film)
Yangtsum Lama (of Panzang Valley)
Yonzon, Pralad
Zablocki, Abraham
Zhou Enlai