Hinduism and Buddhism in Medieval and Modern Nepal 759 The Later Malla Period (1600 - 1769) 763 Christian Missions in the Kathmandu Valley 765 The Malla Period: Multicovality, Polytropy, and Religion as Hereditary Group Identity 766 After the Gorkhali Conquest 766 The Panchayat Period (1960 - 1990) 770 The Multi-Party Period (1990 - 2002) 771 The 1990 Constitution 773 Conclusion 774 References 776
