Synopsis Bhutan and Nepal are the enchanting kingdoms of the Himalaya borderland of South Asia. They have each a splendid heritage. Bhutan is less old than Nepal. In Rise of Nepal and Bhutan Professor Ram Rahul seeks to provide a framework for a proper study of monarchal Bhutan and Nepal. Although there is a vast body of literature on the Himalaya borderland, there is as yet no work which makes available in one volume all relevant facts of the history and political development of the kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan.