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If Tibetans and Firangis [i.e. foreigners or, in the contemporary context, Englishmen] meet and trade with each other, our ryots and traders will lose their employment and result will not be good.
— Bhimsen Thapa
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If Tibetans and Firangis [i.e. foreigners or, in the contemporary context, Englishmen] meet and trade with each other, our ryots and traders will lose their employment and result will not be good." in the context of "As quoted in book Thapa Politics in Nepal: With Special Reference to Bhim Sen Thapa, 1806–1839" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Bhimsen Thapa" (Quotes: One is born in this world in order to undergo the fruits of actions performed in past life. After the fruits of such actions are undergone, the soul is separated from the body. It then departs to another world to undergo the fruits of actions performed by it during its residence in the body. This is the way of the world.
Historian Baburam Acharya attributes the above idea to Bhimsen Thapa in the letter of minor King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah to Kaji Ranajor Thapa dated May 1814 (Sunday Jestha Sudi 4, 1871 Bikram Samvat). Source: page no. 3 of (Regmi Research Series (1971) Year 3 Vol. 1 "King Girvan's letter to Kaji Ranjor Thapa"))
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About Bhimsen Thapa
Bhimsen Thapa (August 1775 – 5 August 1839) was the second Prime Minister of Nepal. He ruled between 1806 A.D. to 1837 A.D. as a Mukhtiyar, which is equivalent to the position of Prime Minister, the nation's governing head.
About Bhimsen Thapa
Bhimsen Thapa (August 1775 – 5 August 1839) was the second Prime Minister of Nepal. He ruled between 1806 A.D. to 1837 A.D. as a Mukhtiyar, which is equivalent to the position of Prime Minister, the nation's governing head.
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