It is funny how we overlook the good things ppl have done, we will always remember the bad things they have done. Noone is perfect, neither were the Mallas. But if you are to be open minded and compare them to the rest of the rulers we've had in Nepal (excluding the last 50 years or so), I'd say they have done more for their country than any other rulers have. Yes, they were stupid because they fought amongs themselves, yes they were stupid because they thought business was everything. They didn't even think about building an army. They didn't want to expand beyond Kathmandu Valley. That was their problem. They might have introduced the caste system but none of the rulers after them seemed so interested in getting rid of it either. Get a life ppl. Appreciate your history. Learn from it. Just dont butt in to diss ppl. Ashu, I'd like to thank you for starting this thread.