Word: mahabharat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many years the mountains were also responsible for isolating the country and its capital city, Kathmandu, from all but the most intrepid pilgrims, traders and explorers. The Valley of Nepal, where Kathmandu is located, is guarded to the south towards India by the 7-10,000 foot Mahabharat Lekh range the Nepalese "foothills." To the north towards Tibet, the valley is bordered by the towering Himalayas. But this month the country is opening up to an lnvasion of several thousand tourists to witness the coronation, of King Birendra Bir Bikrum Shah Dev, a former special student in Government at Harvard...
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