General Information
Style Guide
How to Submit an Article
What Happens Next

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General Information
SINHAS provides a forum for publication of original research on Nepali history and society. Detailed studies from any discipline are invited. Work that casts new light on familiar topics and that explores hitherto understudied topics is especially welcome. In addition to research-based articles, there will be two occasional series in the journal: i) For a Scholarship of Nepal is a forum for critical reflection on the state of Nepal scholarship. Such essays may be oriented by discipline, topic, region, or period. ii) Literature Reviews: Multi-volume reviews of recent work on a particular topic. While reviews will be in English, books in any language may be reviewed. Proposals for essays in either of these categories or for the commentary section should be addressed to the editors.

Articles in English or Nepali are accepted. To discuss submission in any other language of Nepal contact the editors. Translation: On occasion articles already published in another language are published in English or Nepali translation. Proposals for such translations should be sent to the editors.

All papers must have a substantive focus on Nepal, but comparative work is welcome. Commentary on SINHAS articles may be published in the form of Letters to the Editors. Concise commentary that will add to readers' understanding of the topic is most likely to published.

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Style Guide

Layout
The body text of all submissions should be double-spaced with one-inch margins. Footnotes should be formatted as such (i.e., not as endnotes), single-spaced and numbered consecutively throughout the text. Bibliography should follow the body text, be single-spaced, and continue the pagination of the article. Use 8 1/2 x 11 or A4 paper. Provide title and author information, including address, on a separate title page. Repeat article title on each page of the manuscript.

Illustrations
Include any tables, figures, or black and white photographs at time of submission. Clear photocopies are acceptable for initial manuscript review. Include captions and headings, on a separate sheet if necessary, with clear cross-reference to the relevant illustration. If accepted for publication, camera-ready copy of each figure or photograph (glossy print) will be required with the final version of the article. Authors are responsible for acquiring any necessary permissions for reproduction of illustrations.

Citation
In-text citation should be used throughout. Include page numbers for quotation of, or reference to specific passages in another work. For example:

"It is indeed strange that many foreign scholars continue to produce accounts and studies of Nepali society without having read anything written by members of that society in their own national language. One can barely imagine a similar situation in reverse" (Hutt 1994:84).

For citation to an entire work, omit reference to specific pages. For example:

The most comprehensive guide to Nepali biography and autobiography (Pradhan 2044v.s.) describes over one hundred and fifty works published through the mid-1980's.

Bibliographic Format
(the six examples below are, in this order: book; edited volume; essay in edited volume; essay or chapter in single-authored book; journal article; multiple author names):
N.B. Use a paragraph style that indents he second and following lines of any single bibliographic entry (this cannot reliably be reproduced here for all browsers and is not illustrated here). Note italicization and punctuation in the following examples.

Malla, Kamal P. 1979. Road to Nowhere. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
Allen, Michael, ed. 1994. Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Processes. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point.
Pindali, Keshab Raj. 2025 v.s. Khai Khai! In Sajha Nibandha. Bhairab Aryal, ed., pp. 24-31. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
Bikal, Ramesh. 2048v.s. [2019v.s.]. Subedar Rane Budho. In Naya Sadakko Git, pp. 88-99. 5th ed. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
Pandey, Bikash. 1995. Because it is There: Foreign Money, Foreign Advice and Arun III. Himal 8(4): 29-35.
Onta, Pratyoush and Mary Des Chene. 1995. Whither Scholarship on Nepal in the Nineties? Contributions to Nepalese Studies 22(2): 213-223.

Time-Saving Tips

• Initial submissions may be made electronically. Contact the editors for information on file formats.

• Journal style is to use the word "Nepali" not "Nepalese" in all instances.

• Footnotes should be necessary and succinct.

• SINHAS does not have a fixed rule about article length. The standard length of a journal article is between 7,500 and 10,000 words and we expect that most submissions will fall within this range. SINHAS will consider both shorter and somewhat longer articles. Our main criterion is the value of the content.

• For initial submission it is sufficient simply to italicize foreign words. If writing in English do not use a "transliteration font". We will provide information regarding transliteration of Devanagari after an article is accepted. Final revised manuscripts must be submitted both in hard copy and on disk in Macintosh Word format.