We are grateful to Dr. Yam Prasad Sharma, for he seriously conducted research, documented the information and analyzed Nepali paintings critically in this book. The book is significant in a number of ways as a) it captures the major trends of Nepali paintings from Prajnaparmita to the artworks of present time, b) the book not only records the historical information but also interprets and analyzes the artworks, c) it takes representative paintings and critiques them individually in the manner a poem or a story is critiqued; this is the novel practice in the domain of art criticism in Nepal, and d) the book is also the model of systematic research and documentation in the field of Nepali painting.