Three small Kathmandu-Valley Nepalese city-states can be identified between 1482 A.D. and 1768, the most well-known being, naturally, Kathmandu.

GERARD TOFFIN -- Ph.D. -- Professor at Center for the Study of the Himalayas -- Paris

Dear Jonathan,

Yes, I agree with your comments (your paragraph n2) concerning the factional internal causes of the Malla kingdoms intra-wars.

There is plenty of historical data which substantiate this statement.

Yours sincerely,

Gerard Toffin

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