Educational Publishing House Nepal

Of his extensive collection of plants, the rhododendrons were especially notable and were for the first time introduced into cultivation in England. He also carried out a detailed topographical survey of the area, and this formed the basis for subsequent official maps.

The author outlines the complex socio-economic and political heritage that frames the choices Nepali bureaucrats and citizens must make.

These counsels dealt with the geopolitical vulnerability of his newly unified country, and provided directions to the governing elite.