Resunga: The Mountain of the Horned Sage

This is a multidisciplinary study of Gulmi and Argha-khanci, two districts in modern central Nepal that coincide with the boundaries of prominent earlier principalities, prior to the unification of the country in the late 18th century. The study, conducted by a team of French scholars in the early 1990s, traces the history, ecology, ethnology, social and political structure, economic activity, and religious ritual of the region's inhabitants. It is fascinating and detailed account of part of Nepal that has subsequently become one of the most troubled in the country.