Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language.
Nepalese or Nepali may refer to something or someone of, from, or associated with the nation of Nepal.
Pandey, Pande, or Panday is a surname which has its roots in Sanskrit.
Katuwal, Katawal, Katwal is a surname used in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Nepal.
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Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Nepali/Kumaoni surname found among the Chhetri community of Nepal and the Kumaoni Rajput community of Uttarakhand.
Pun is a surname. It may be:
The Kingdom of Sikkim, officially Dremoshong until the 1800s, was a hereditary monarchy in the Eastern Himalayas which existed from 1642 to 16 May 1975, when it was annexed by India. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.
Dhungana is a Nepali surname originating among the bahun (बाहुन/ब्राह्मण) caste from a village named Dhungani in Western Nepal. In the ancient Kingdom of the Videhas, some people lived in mud houses while the Dhungana lived in stone houses, with ढुङ्गा meaning stone and ना/नः meaning "us".
Dahal is a Nepali surname of Khas origin, and also prevalent in some regions of India mainly in Sikkim, Uttarakhand and few parts of Bhutan. The Dahals belong to the Indo-Aryan ethinic group, within the gentry class including Brahmin, Chhetri (ruling) or Rajput castes in accordance to traditional Hindu classification system.
Anil Adhikari better known by his stage name Yama Buddha was a Nepalese rapper based in London, United Kingdom. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of Nepalese hip-hop & often referred as "King of Nephop". His songs Sathi, Aama, Aaudai chhu ma, Yo Prasanga, Antya Ko Suruwat, etc. are popular hits. He was the creator and the presenter of the popular Rap Battle show Raw Barz.
Also spelled as Baskota is a surname of Upadhyay Brahmins from Nepal. Throughout their history in Nepal, they have mostly held vocations as pandit, teachers, purohits, and government officers. Banskotas' gotra is Koudinya.
Aryal is a Nepali surname. Aryal belongs to the Atreya gotra, as such they are believed to be the descendants of Sage Atreya. In Hinduism, Varaha is the deity of the Aryal clan. Aryals played an important role during unification of Nepal. Narayan Das Arjyal/Aryal was Dravya Shah's spiritual tutor, and helped him annex the Gorkha Kingdom. The responsibility to educate king Prithvi Narayan Shah was given to Mokchyeshwor Aryal and Bhanu Aryal. They were the Upadhyayas who worked in the palace as astrologers, where they were also known as Jyotishi or Jaisi. Aryal is a part of Thar ghar of Gorkha Kingdom.
Kunwar is a surname of Nepalese and Indian people. The name Kunwar is coined to denote a young prince in South Asia region. Kunwar family was a dynasty of Nepalese Khas-Chhetri nobility of Gorkha Kingdom bearing the surname.
Acharya is a surname or upādhi also called warrior Brahmins and some of chhetri who have much more skills and strategies for victory of a war and so on examples in the history which are mainly found in the South Asian countries of India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Chaulagain is a surname in Nepal. The people of this surname belongs to Bahun and Chhetri caste. Chaulagain belongs to Bharadvaja gotra. Alternative spellings include Chamlagain, Chaulagai and Chamrel.
Budha or Buda is a surname found in Nepal. Budha was an ancient title for a Paikela (warrior) in the Khasa kingdom. The title has been adapted as family name by Khas and Magar ethnicities. Notable people with the surname include:
KC is a surname of medieval Indian origin anglicized as an abbreviation of Khatri Chhetri in Nepal. The surname Khatri Chhetri was historically legally labelled to the children of Brahmin fathers and Kshatriya (Chhetri) mothers after the introduction of Muluki Ain in 1854 by Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal. With its origin in the 12th century CE, the archaic form of the surname "Khatri" was ascribed as a local endonym for the progeny of Brahmins from Medieval India and Khas women of the Middle Himalayas in medieval western Nepal.
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