Ratnakar Mahavihara: A Vajrayana Buddhist Monastery of Patan

Indra K. Bajracharya: Lecturer of Mathematics in the Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University. She did M.Ed. and Post-Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies from Tribhuvan University. At present she has been doing Ph.D. from Tribhuvan University. She is the Recipient of Faculty Development Fellowship of FOE., Tribhuvan University. She has published research articles on varied themes of Nepalese Budddhism in Voice of History.

Dr. Shanker Thapa (born 1957), M.A. in Modern History, B.L. and Post-graduate Diploma in Buddhism from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Ph.D. from Patna University. At present he is Associate Professor in the Departament of History, Tribhuvan University. Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship, Academy of Korean Studies (1997 and 1997); Long Term Research Fellow ICSK Seoul (1989); Korea Foundation Research Fellowship (1998). Faculty Development Fellowship, Tribhuvan University and Research Fellowship of Sumitomo Foundation (1999). His research articles were published in Nepal, India, Taiwan, Korea and the Netherlands. He has written books on Buddhism, Agricultural History and Peasant Studies. Executive Editor: Voice of History’ a research Journal of Department of History, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.