Lamjung

Lamjung lies in the middle hills of central Nepal, where steep slopes and cultivated valleys lead toward the Himalaya. Terraced fields, paths and river crossings connect communities across a landscape of changing elevations.

The kingdom of Lamjung was one of the small hill states known collectively as the Chaubisi Rajya. Its Shah ruling family was connected to the neighbouring kingdom of Gorkha: Dravya Shah, younger brother of Lamjung's ruler Narahari Shah, went on to establish Gorkha. In the eighteenth century Gorkha's expansion transformed the political order of the hills, bringing Lamjung into the emerging kingdom of Nepal.