Nepali and non-Nepali modern-day historians of Nepal have a lot to answer for.
Two decades ago, addressing a gathering of social scientists in Kathmandu. historian Ludwig R Stiller declared that they were living in the "golden age" of Nepali history. "Rarely have historians of any nation had access to so much untouched material for their use," he said.
Stiller was confident that "the Nepali people have a sense of history," and the field of history was itself wide open for researchers, both in terms of historical periods and topics to choose from.
Sense of Past