New Delhi’s new dealings in Nepal
From Nepali Times, (7 Nov, 2020) Imperious ambassadors, eager princelings and invasive spy-masters — Kathmandu has seen, and survived, them all When Kathmandu Valley was still known as Swoniga (three cities), back in the medieval Lichhavi-Malla era, the Ganga plains did not send diplomats or spies here, they sent rulers. The Lichhavi arrived from nearby Vaishali, and …