---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Michaels, Axel" Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:48:51 +0000 Subject: New: First Comprehensive Translation of the Nepalese Code, the Mulukī Ain of 1854
Dear all, It gives us great pleasure to announce the following publication: *The Mulukī Ain of 1854* *Nepal’s First Legal Code* Introduced, translated and annotated by Rajan Khatiwoda, Simon Cubelic and Axel Michaels With Forewords by Patrick Olivelle and Saubhagya Pradhananga Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021 xix, 882 pp. - € 74,90 This is the first complete translation of the Nepalese *Mulukī Ain of 1854*, a comprehensive legal text, based not only on the Brahmanical norms of a Hindu society, but also including much customary law and local particularities. The book is published by Heidelberg University Publishing as hardback volume 2 of the series*Documenta Nepalica <https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/series/info/hadw_dn>*, edited by the Research Unit “Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Premodern Nepal <https://www.hadw-bw.de/en/research/research-center/documents-history-religion-and-law-pre-modern-nepal> ” of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. It is also available as an open access PDF publication here: *https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/heiup/catalog/book/769 <https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/heiup/catalog/book/769>* and in bookshops at a price of 74.90 € via Amazon.de or Buchhandel.de. Heidelberg, June 11, 2021 Axel Michaels with Rajan Khatiwoda and Simon Cubelic Apologies for cross-posting .
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