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Dhammalok Mahasthavir (1890–1966), who worked to revive Nepali Theravada Buddhism in the 1930s and 1940s. Shukra Raj Shastri (1894–1941), Freedom fighter and martyr. Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978), Founder of the first nunnery in Nepal. Pragyananda Mahasthavir (1900–1993), First Patriarch of Theravada Order in Nepal.
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Gurung people from central Nepal playing one of their traditional drums, Khaijadi. Nepal's diverse linguistic heritage evolved from 2 major language groups: Indo-European languages, Tibeto-Burman languages. Nepal's languages are mostly either Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan, while only a very few of them are Austro-Asiatic and Dravidian.
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Article History. Newar, people who comprise about half the population of the Kāthmāndu Valley in Nepal. They speak a language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family, but their culture has been strongly influenced by Indian religious and social institutions. The Newar population of Nepal was estimated to be about 1,250,000 in the early 21st ...
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Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country.
Newar people. Newar ( / nɪˈwɑːr /; [2] Newar: नेवार; endonym: Newa:; Newar: नेवा:, Prachalit Script: 𑐣𑐾𑐰𑐵𑑅), or Nepami, [3] are the historical inhabitants of the Nepal Mandala which consists of Nepa Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilization. Newar ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Naawa is a Tibeto-Burman language with Bodish language features that is spoken in five villages in the north-eastern Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal and two villages in the Shigatse region of southern China. While the Naawa people have long perceived themselves as culturally and linguistically distinct from other regionally dominant groups, such as, Lhomi and Tibetan, it was not officially ...
Identification. Most likely, the word "Newar," in use since the seventeenth century, is derived from the word "Nepal" and originally denoted the residents of the Kathmandu (or Nepal) Valley without regard to their ethnic affiliation. Location. Today, more than half of the Newars live in the Kathmandu Valley located at 27 ° 30 ′ to 27 ° 50 ...
