For a long time, the prevailing notion among Western historians was that Nepal did not have a rich historiography. This was mainly because Westerners did not know about Nepal’s vamsavalis. Now, the ...

Outside Nepal, the Troubled Kingdom is often in the news these days, although rarely for encouraging reasons. Triumphant accounts of ever faster Himalayan ascents have given way to puzzled field ...

Name this country: it has a mountain twice as tall as any of this state’s 14ers; it’s the only nation with a flag that’s not rectangular, and it has a population in Colorado almost 7,000 strong. In ...