books.google.ca - While John Whelpton's history of Nepal 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. Whelpton portrays a country of extraordinary contrasts, whose history...http://books.google.ca/books/about/A_History_of_Nepal.html?id=KoNT6tjk9mQC&q=western&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareA History of Nepal
