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Brief Background Of Culture of Nepal

Today's Nepal is a unified Nepal. Present Nepal is the result of the unification of 46 smaller kingdoms. This unification was carried by the then His Majesty King Prithvi Narayan Shah. Nepal is lauded worldwide for its remarkable cultural practices. Today we will look how the present art and culture of Nepal came into existence and how its continuous development of took place in various instances of history. Three to four thousands year ago, the Neolithic matriarchal groups of Mongol, China and Bhote entered today's Kathmandu Valley. Since the Kathmandu valley was a lake then, these group settled themselves in the higher region of the hills surrounding the lake. Some of these places were Sankwo(today's Bajrayogini) and Puchwo(today's Phulchowki). The primary means of living were hunting and livestock. They also killed humans for meat. Only after learning the making of pots, these savage group started decreasing their nomadic behavior. Gradually they learn to start