pa ▁language ; ▁Qu om ol ung ma ▁ ▁in ▁Tib et an ). ▁ ▁His ▁main ▁work ▁was ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁ancient ▁Nep al ese ▁ins cri ptions . ▁Bab ur am ▁Ach ary a ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" IT I H AS ▁SI RO MA NI " ▁of ▁Nep al . ▁ ▁S agar math a ▁▁ ▁Nep al ’ s ▁em inent ▁historian ▁late ▁Bab ur am ▁Ach ary a ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁Nep ali ▁name ▁S agar math a ▁for ▁Mount ▁Ever est ▁that ▁str add les ▁Nep al - Ch ina ▁border . ▁Nep al ▁had ▁no ▁official ▁name ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁for ▁the ▁world ’ s ▁tall est ▁peak ▁in ▁Nep ali ▁( although ▁official ▁name ▁among ▁many ▁Nep al ese ▁pe op les ▁- ▁Sher pa , ▁Lim bu , ▁etc ., ▁existed ▁long ▁ago ) ▁until ▁the ▁historian ▁found ▁out ▁one . ▁What ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁true ▁however ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁co ined ▁the ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁mountain ▁( as ▁is ▁put ▁in ▁the ▁Wikipedia ▁under ▁his ▁name ). ▁Bab ur am ▁wrote ▁an ▁ess ay ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁said ▁that ▁among ▁the ▁local ▁popul ace ▁of ▁the ▁remote ▁Ever est ▁region ▁the ▁mountain ▁was ▁popular ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁S agar math a ▁( mean ing ▁the ▁Head ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ▁touch ing ▁the ▁Heaven ); ▁some ▁even ▁called ▁it ▁J hom ol ong ma . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁own ▁words : ▁