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Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. Nepal is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but along with that, it includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It shares its borders with India in the east, west and south, and China to the north. Nepal is a founding member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It is also a member of the Bay of Bengal Initiative and Non-Aligned Movement.

History:

The name "Nepal" is first mentioned in Vedic period texts from the Indian subcontinent, the era in which Hinduism, the country's main religion, was founded in ancient Nepal. The founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal, in the middle of the first millennium BC. Parts of northern Nepal are intertwined with Tibetan culture.

By the 18th century, the Gorkha kingdom had unified Nepal. After founding the Kingdom of Nepal, the Shah Dynasty allied itself with the British Empire under the Rana Dynasty rule of the Prime Minister. Nepal stayed as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India and was never colonized. In 1951, parliamentary democracy was introduced in Nepal but was suspended twice by Nepalese monarchs in 1960 and 2005. A secular republic was formed in 2008 through the Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and 2000s, which ended the Hindu monarchy.

Culture:

Traditional Nepalese society is sometimes defined by social class. Nepal's caste system embodies much of the social stratification and many of the social restrictions that characterize South Asia. It is a combination of Tibet Mongolian and Indo-Aryan cultures. It also has a great influence o Buddhist and Hindi traditions.

Language:

Nepal’s diverse linguistic heritage comes from three major language groups that include Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan and various indigenous language isolates. The major language of Nepal is Nepali, Bhojpuri, Maithili, and others. It has four indigenous sign languages.

Geography:

Nepal has a diverse terrain, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills and eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth. Nepal is divided into three major physiological belts known as the Himal Pahad Terai. Himal is a snowy mountainous region located in the Greater Himalayan Range. Pahad is a mountainous area that is usually snow free. The Southern Low Plain or Terai, which borders India, is the northern edge of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Terai is a lowland region with several mountain ranges.

FAQs

Q.1. What is the government structure of Nepal?

Ans. The Constitution of Nepal is responsible for the governance of Nepal. It is a parliamentary republic having a multiparty system.

Q.2. What is the capital of Nepal?

Ans. Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal.