List of Tables and Figures

Fig. 0.1

Map of the Himalaya region: areas discussed in this volume highlighted in blue. Created by Meredith Reba, CC BY.

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Table 1.1

Changes in the meaning of Hor over time.

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Fig. 1.1

Map of Tibet with cultural regions and prefectures. Created by the authors, CC BY.

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Table 3.1

List of mother-tongue textbooks used in the Jana Kalyan Higher Secondary School (JKHSS). Published jointly by the (JKHSS), the United Mission to Nepal (UMN) and the government of Nepal.

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Fig. 3.1

Mother-tongue textbooks in Tharu and Awadi. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 3.2

Math textbook, lesson 5, page 5. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 3.3

Class 2 Tharu textbook, lesson 10, page 33. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 3.4

Class 2 Awadhi textbook, lesson 3, page 68. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 3.5

Class 2 Awadhi textbook, lesson 16, page 54. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 3.6

Class 2 Awadhi textbook, lesson 3 page 66. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 3.7

Class II social studies textbook, lesson 2, page 40, written in Tharu, Awadhi and Nepali, using Devanagari script. Photograph supplied by the author with the consent of the textbook publishers, CC BY.

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Fig. 4.1

Tichurong Valley. Photograph provided by the author,
CC BY.

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Fig. 4.2

Tarang in the upper right; Tarakot in the lower left; Tupatara is to the right of Tarang out of the picture. November 2008. Photo courtesy of the author, CC BY.

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Fig. 5.1

Map of Chone County as situated within Amdo, within China. Adapted from Kolås and Thowsen (2005: 2), CC BY-NC-ND.

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