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ancient Hindu religions values based on
birth and death. Festivals like Dashain,
Tihar, Gaijatra, Ghodejatra, Indrajatra,
Gathemangal, etc. were also started to
observe.

Status of Women

Women were highly respected in this
period. Deval Devi the Queen of Hari Cultural Jatra of Newars
Singh Dev of Simroungadh, left a positive
impression on the Kathmandu valley. She was highly respected.

Economic Condition

Medieval Nepal had very strong economic condition. Trade relations maintained
with Tibet, India and China was strong. Many cottage industries were established.
This made rapid economic growth in Medieval Nepal. Jayasthiti Malla introduced
measuring system and scale to maintain uniformity. He also divided into land
on the basis of its productivity land was divided into Abbal, Doyam, Sim and
Chahar. Revenue was also fixed according to its productivity. Hand was used to
measure the land. Still in some parts of the country same trend is practiced.
King Mahedra Malla minted the silver coin to ease the trade named as Mahendra
Malli. Ram Shah introduced mana, Pathi, Dharni as Mahendra Malla, Ram shah
introduced.
10 Muthi = 1 Mana 8 Mana = 1 Pathi

20 Pathi = 1 Muri 10 Lal = 1 Masa
10 Mase = 1 Tola 27 Tola = 1 Bodi

4 Bodi = 1 Bisauli 2 Bisauli = 1 Dharni

Ram Shah directed that while giving Birta (a revenue free land) someone had to
get the recommendation of high officials specify the four directions area and keep
some royal family members as witness. The landowners were called as Talsing
and the tenants were called Mohi. The Medieval Period gained lots of benefits
from the trade and business.

Key Words

Chandravanshi : lineage of moon
Suryavanshi : lineage of sun

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