Dixit, Hemang2026-09-102026-09-102018https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7619Hemang Dixit Department of Medical Education, Kathmandu Medical College, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, NepalAbstract An account is given of ancient funeral practices and then of the development of forensic medicine from the mid twentieth century. Early forensic practices at Bir Hospital have been recorded and then the subsequent development of the study of forensic medicine in the country has been stated.en-USArticle