Nepal is a country renowned worldwide as a nation of colour and contrasts; a hidden Shangri-La full of culture and mountainous adventure. Its hallmark, undoubtedly, are the majestic snow capped mountains of the Himalaya, which contain eight of the world’s largest peaks, including Mount Everest. Powerful rivers rush out from the Himalaya, providing world class rafting, as they cascade down the middle hills into the steamy flatlands of the Terai. Indigenous peoples' living in thatched huts surrounded by picturesque green paddy   fields. Nepal, the Himalayan Kingdom, is thus an adventurer’s paradise, a naturalist’s dream and an ethnographic de-

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light, which radiates a piety that is matched by only a few places on this earth. It is primarily an agricultural country with carpet making and tourism as its major industries. At its center is the ‘City of Golden Pagodas and Parasols’, Kathmandu, Nepal’s much loved capital.
 

Geography:              Nepal extends about 885 km from east to west and up to 241 km from north to south, covering an area of 147,181 square kilometers, as Swiss and Austria together. Closed in between India and China it divides itself into 4 climatic and geographic zones: Terai, Siwaliks, Mahabharat Lekhs and Pahar, the high Himalaya. The Terai, downland in the south of Nepal is part of the Ganga plains, once densely forested with subtropical climate. More than 450 birds are found here, and Tiger, Leopard, Buffalo, Elephant, Gharial, Rhinos, are the most famous animals. The jungles are covered mainly with Sal trees and Elephant grass. The inflow of immigrants from other (hilly) parts in the last 30 years and the simultaneously growth of the population has reduced the jungles. More than 10 Million Nepali are settled in the Terai. But here we can see also the tectonic work of the great earth plates, in fact here the Indian subcontinent "crashes with the Asiatic plate, creating all other following zones and many earthquakes. Flooded every year by the rivers during monsoon, the Terai is highly fertile. Beside of this, many industries are settled here.

History:

Nepal is a country of ancient civilization which can be traced thousand of years before the birth of Christ (B.C.). In its along and glorious history Nepal has remained always sovereign and never bowed to any foreign power. Although Nepal was modernized by King Prithivi Narayan Shah of present dynasty after consolidating number of principalities and conquering the Kathmandu Valley in 1768 A.D., there were many glorious dynasties who contributed a lot to its sovereignty, In fact most of the monuments, Pagodas and Stupas, Monasteries which stand as an example of our glorious past originated from the Mall dynasty i.e. from 12 to 18 century. With the fall of Rana regime in February 1951 after a popular revolution, Nepal saw the dawn of democracy. A democratic revolt of 1990 has restored the Multi-Party-Democratic Country with constitutional monarchy according to the new constitution of November 1990.