Misleading assertion

'Muluki Ain' is undoubtedly based on the moral principles of the shastras and extant traditions including the caste system, but it also recognises the need for timely reforms.

We are indeed obliged, like Deepak Thapa [“In defence of alternative narratives”, The Kathmandu Post , October 28, 2021] to Rajan Khatiwada, Simon Cubelic and Alex Michaels from the Heidelberg University for translating the 1854 Muluki Ain of Jung Bahadur and for making it freely available online, including for the “huge mass (of Nepalis) unaware of our history”.