Sep 6, 2026 12 min read
The Shah Dynasty: Nepal's Kings From 1768 to 2008
Twelve men held the Nepali throne across 240 years, and for 104 of them they reigned without governing. The complete regnal list,…
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Twelve men held the Nepali throne across 240 years, and for 104 of them they reigned without governing. The complete regnal list,…
Read more →For two centuries the strongest state in the Nepal Himalaya was ruled from a Karnali valley. Then it was not. Food, trade routes,…
Read more →Triveni Dham sits at a river confluence in Baitadi, far-western Nepal. What the site is, when the winter fair falls, how to reach…
Read more →The Saat Talle Durbar at Nuwakot was Prithvi Narayan Shah's base for the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley. What survives, what…
Read more →Kakrebihar is a ruined twelfth-century temple site on a forested hill above Birendranagar in Surkhet. Carved stone from both…
Read more →Devghat sits where the Kali Gandaki meets the Trishuli near Bharatpur. A guide to the tirtha, the ashram community of elderly…
Read more →Bageshwori is the principal temple of Nepalgunj, a border city in Banke district. What the shrine is, its place in the Tarai…
Read more →Dadeldhura is the cool pine-forested hill district where the far-western road network divides. A guide to Amargadhi and its fort,…
Read more →Gosaikunda, Panch Pokhari, Budhinanda below Badimalika and the Khaptad Tribeni are pilgrimage lakes, not scenery. What draws tens…
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