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How to Cite

Michaels, Axel and Yunheng, Xu: Who Won the Sino-Nepalese War of 1791–1792? A Study in Transcultural Complexity, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2026 (Documenta Nepalica: Book Series, Volume 8). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1666

Identifiers

ISBN 978-3-96822-332-2 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-96822-333-9 (Hardcover)

Published

03/05/2026

Authors

Axel Michaels, Xu Yunheng

Who Won the Sino-Nepalese War of 1791–1792?

A Study in Transcultural Complexity

The book deals with the history of the last war between Nepal and China-Tibet in 1791/1792. With a wealth of newly discovered and for the first time edited and translated texts from Nepal, China and Tibet, the volume forms a handbook of the sources of this Sino-Nepalese war. The focus is on the controversial question of who won the war. In the light of the new material, the core thesis is developed that both sides were able to declare themselves the winner and, without this being strongly disputed by the other side. This rare form of ending a war was mainly made possible by the transcultural complexity and different interpretations of the key terms used.

Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels, Professor of Classical Indology, Heidelberg University. Areas of interest: Hinduism, especially Hindu jurisprudence, cultural history of Nepal.

Xu Yunheng, MA, Research Assistant Hindu Temple Legends in South India (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities). Research interests: Sanskrit and Tamil Epigraphy, Chinese Buddhist Literature, Late Imperial Chinese History and Music.

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
Title
i-iv
Frontispiece
v
Contents
vii-xiii
List of Figures
xi-xiii
List of Tables
xv
List of Maps
xvii
Sigla, Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions
xix-xx
A Note on Transliterations
xxi-xxii
Acknowledgments
xxiii
Part I - The Wars
1
1 Introduction
3-6
2 The Sources
7-50
3 The Gorkha-Tibet War of 1788–1789
51-77
4 The Role the Tenth Shamarpa Lama, Chödrup Gyatsho
79-87
5 The Sino-Nepalese War of 1791–1792
89-134
6 Who Won the War?
135-175
7 In the Aftermaths of the War
177-197
8 Detailing the Complexity
194-199
9 Conclusion— Beyond Transculturality
201-212
Part II - The Sources
213
1 Preface
215
2 Texts and Translations
217-443
Appendices
445
A) Place Names
447-457
B) Personal Names
459-470
References
471-498

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