the himalayas has some of its mountains in nepal
by the middle of the 15th century kathmandu had become a powerful empire which according to kirkpatrick extended from digarchi or sigatse in tibet to tirhut and gaya in india
nepal is a multicultural and multiethnic country home to 125 distinct ethnic groups speaking 123 different mother tongues and following a number of indigenous and folk religions in addition to hinduism buddhism islam and christianity