Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c41.s7.8

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‘The Newars had entered the country from the north and were undoubtedly,’ emphasizes Furgusson, ‘of Tibetan origin,’ their traditional connexion with the Nayyars of Malabar being stated to be a myth. These Newars were snake-worshippers, and ‘the Buddhist missionaries who visited them accepted their legends and made them part of their system.’ ‘Hindu emigration into the valley must have begun early, and the kings of the long dynasty that ended about A.D. 600 all bear Hindu names, while their inscriptions indicate that they worshipped the Hindu gods. The Aṁśuvarman family or Thakuri dynasty were Vaiśyas and were succeeded by other Rajput families. In 1097 Nānyadeva, from Tirhut, invaded and subjugated the country, and again in 1324 Harisiṁha, of the same race, moved up from Simraun in the Tarai, and, overcoming the petty chiefs, assumed the government. His was a weak rule, the four chief towns, Bhatgaon, Banepa, Patan, and Kathmandu, each having their own princes till 1768, when a weak sovereign having called in the assistance of a neighbouring Gurkha raja, he seized the kingdom, and his successors still rule in Nepal.’