Nepal Sambat
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Nepal Sambat is the lunisolar calendar used by the Newar people of Nepal. It was the official calendar of Nepal since its inception on 20 October 879 till the end of the Malla dynasty in 1769. During
Actors dressed up as Ajima mother goddesses take part in New Year's Day parade in Kathmandu.
Part of New Year's Day parade
Use of Nepal Sambat in a Malla dynasty stone inscription from Bhaktapur.
Statue of Sankhadhar Sakhwa at Pulchok, Lalitpur.
Vikram Samvat
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Vikram Samvat known as the Vikrami or Bikrami calendar, is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still used in several Indian states and Nepal. It is a lunisolar calendar,
Nepal Sambat
…correspondence. After the conquest of Nepal by the Shahs in 1769, the official calendar of the country was replaced with Shaka era and then later by the Bikram Samvat. The calendar still holds cultural significance in Nepal, especially among the Newar people, whose festivals are based on this calendar system. Owing…
The Jain monk Kalakacharya and the Saka king (Kalakacharya Katha manuscript, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai)