The Princes in Junga Bahadur era 1877 had nothing to fill their leisure which was in plenty and it was largely given up to gossip, gambling, and debauchery. Attempts were made by their tutors to get them to play cricket but such amusements were considered degrading. Paraphrase

Daniel Wright wrote the book, History of Nepal-1877. The book is written in a very Victorian approach. Truthful sometimes, but condescending, and disrespectful typical of the traveling authors of Victorian England.

The author describes the attitude of the Rana Prince and Princesses, their life in luxury and denial. They had plenty of time for leisure and nothing to do and expectedly it was spent in gambling, gossiping, and debauchery.

Jung Bahadur had European Tutors for his kids, Tutors did try to get the boys to play Cricket (very much British and aristocratic sport) and other games. The writer says that they did not show much interest as playing such sports was considered degrading and beneath their level.

I think this is the oldest written account of the history of Cricket in Nepal dating 1877. Traditionally we have taken the 1920s (Madan Shumsher) as the age of onset of Cricket in Nepal. Despite an early start it did take a turn of the century 50 years to materialize.

Although I would assume Cricket was played within the British residency, KTM a few decades after its establishment in 1816-17. Possibly @UKinNepal can add to this discussion. Historical artifacts would be phenomenal.

The Book: The book is titled "History of Nepal" although I believe it should have been named "Myths of Nepal". The writer has a condescending approach to the description of the outside world, very typical of Victorian England.

Having said that, the book does give some tit-bits trivia about Nepal that makes you think wonder, and say, "Really!!" intermittently if not regularly. Available for free in google books Happy reading! https://books.google.com/books?id=AiU50pM_z6MC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Not sure if this was well known to everyone, spotted this while doing some pass time reading. @dearbinod @SomeshVerma @SatishKTM @CowCornerTalks @PeterDellaPenna @CricketNep !! Comments, Critic, and Feedback are welcome!