Contributed by Angela Rudert, Syracuse University

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Regmi, Jagadish (1991). The Kumari of Kathmandu. Heritage Research, Kathmandu.
Shakya, Rashmila (2005). From Goddess to Mortal: The True-Life Story of a Former Royal Kumari., Vajra Publications, Kathmandu.
Slusser, Mary Shepherd (1982). Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley, Vol. I. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Van Kooij (1978), K.R. Religion in Nepal. E.J. Brill, Leiden.
Christopher Chapples colleague Prof Katherine Harper, Chair of our Art History Dept at Loyola Marymount University, did a study with Fulbright support. I did not follow up with her, but her email address is: kharper@lmu.edu