Andrea Matles Savada, ed. Nepal: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991.

History
ANCIENT NEPAL, 500 B.C.-A.D. 700
Early Influences on Nepal
The Early Kingdom of the Licchavis
MEDIEVAL NEPAL, 750-1750
Transition to the Medieval Kingdom
The Malla Kings
The Three Kingdoms
THE MAKING OF MODERN NEPAL
The Expansion of Gorkha
The Struggle for Power
The Enclosing of Nepal
Infighting among Aristocratic Factions
RANA RULE
The Kot Massacre
Jang Bahadur
The Ranas
The Growth of Political Parties
The Return of the King
The Democratic Experiment
The Panchayat System under King Mahendra
King Birendra

Geography
The Mountain Region
The Hill Region
The Tarai Region
Climate
Rivers

The Society
POPULATION
Urbanization
Migration
Caste and Ethnicity
SOCIAL SYSTEM AND VALUES
RELIGION
EDUCATION
HEALTH

The Economy
ECONOMIC SETTING
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
MONEY AND BANKING
LABOR
AGRICULTURE
LAND REFORM
FORESTS
INDUSTRY
TOURISM

Government
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Rana System
The Interim Constitution, 1951
The Royal Constitution of 1959
The Panchayat Constitution, 1962
Constitutional Amendments
The Referendum of 1980
The Constitution of 1990
Other Features of the Constitution
The Executive
The Legislature
The Judiciary
The Civil Service
The Administrative System
The Panchayat System
Political Parties
Elections
THE MEDIA
FOREIGN POLICY
India
Pakistan and  Bangladesh
Bhutan
Sri Lanka and the Maldives
China
United States
Britain

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