Presents a descriptive catalogue of the Chandra Shum Shere collection of the Bodleian and Indian Institute libraries, Oxford. It is a valuable collection of paper and palm leaf manuscripts, purchased for Oxford University by Sir Chandra Shum Shere, the then Prime Minister of Nepal.
In this textbook John Brockington shows how Hinduism encompasses new dilemmas in traditional language and accommodates fresh insights to established viewpoints.