Jul 26, 2026 7 min read
Mugu District: Rara Lake and the Karnali Highlands
Mugu holds the largest lake in Nepal and one of its smallest national parks. Gamgadhi, Talcha airstrip, the trek in from Jumla,…
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Mugu holds the largest lake in Nepal and one of its smallest national parks. Gamgadhi, Talcha airstrip, the trek in from Jumla,…
Read more →Nepal has been a federal republic since 2008, a kingdom for the 240 years before that, and a valley state ruled from…
Read more →Ask who ruled Nepal first and most Nepalis will say the Kirats. Their kings sit at the edge of legend, but their descendants…
Read more →The Licchavis left something no earlier Nepali dynasty did: dated stone inscriptions. From the 464 CE pillar at Changu Narayan to…
Read more →Three cities within an hour of each other, each with a palace square crowded with temples. That is not urban planning. It is 300…
Read more →In 1743 a young king inherited a small hill state called Gorkha. Twenty-five years later he controlled the Kathmandu Valley and…
Read more →Between 1814 and 1816 the expanding Gorkhali state fought the British East India Company along the length of the Himalayan…
Read more →For 104 years Nepal was governed by hereditary prime ministers while its kings sat behind palace walls with no power. The Rana…
Read more →Gorkha is a hill district northwest of Kathmandu. Its name travelled further than almost any other place name in Nepal. This is…
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