A History of Nepal
By John Whelpton.
Description
Nepal emerged as a unified state over two hundred years ago, centred on the kathmandu valley with its two thousand years of urban civilisation while john whelpton's history focuses on the period since the overthrow of the rana family autocracy in 1950-51, the early chapters are devoted to the origins of the kingdom and the evolving relations of its diverse peoples by drawing on recent research on nepal's environment, society and political institutions, the author portrays a country of extraordinary contrasts, whose history has been constantly buffeted by its neighbours, china and ...
ISBN(s)
0521671418, 9780521671415
