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31 sty 2021 · Nepal's Mustang region. Explorers found an information-dense repository of artifacts, history, and ideas spanning half a millennium when exploring the caves in 2008.
Mustang District is located in Nepal’s Karnali Zone, along the western massif of the Annapurna Range. The Mustang District Headquarters is located in Jomsom, a five-day walk south from Lo Monthang and a four-day walk north from Beni, Myagdi District, and the roadhead leading to Pokhara.
The petroglyphs were found during fieldwork on the history and geography of settlements in the southern Mustang district in 1993. Two further sites of rock engravings (Samar, Te) were found during field trips in 1995 to northern Mustang (see Fig. 1).
A large-scale archaeological assessment of Mustang (Nepal) will contribute to our understanding of the role of commercial and cultural networks in the development of a region located at the crossroads between India, China, and Central Asia.
A large-scale archaeological assessment of Mustang (Nepal) will contribute to our understanding of the role of commercial and cultural networks in the development of a region located at the crossroads between India, China, and Central Asia.
One basic reason why Mustang for centuries was repeatedly the scene of military conflict is its geographical location. Being a region that stretches from north to south along the Kali Gandaki valley, it joins in a virtually ideal manner the Tibetan plateau with the foothills of the Nepalese Himalayas, and thus with India.
A case study was conducted in a remote Himalayan village—Yara—in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal. The goal of this study was to understand and assess the livelihood strategies of local people in the village. The study focused on understanding the socio-economic and
