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Nepal appears in ancient Indian literary texts dated as far back as the fourth century BC. The precise origin of the term Nepāl is uncertain. īefore the unification of Nepal, the Kathmandu Valley was known as Nepal. "Nēpāla" in the late Brahmi script, in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (350-375 CE). The Nepalese Armed Forces are the fifth-largest in South Asia and are notable for their Gurkha history, particularly during the world wars, and has been a significant contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Nepal is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Bay of Bengal Initiative. Nepal hosts the permanent secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), of which it is a founding member. Nepal was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, and friendship treaties were signed with India in 1950 and China in 1960. The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in 2015, affirms the country as a secular federal parliamentary republic divided into seven provinces. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in the establishment of a secular republic in 2008, ending the world's last Hindu monarchy. Parliamentary democracy was introduced in 1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 19. The country was never colonised but served as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India.

The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and later formed an alliance with the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers. By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdom achieved the unification of Nepal. The cosmopolitan region developed distinct traditional art and architecture. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the valley's traders. The centrally located Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans, and was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy known as Nepal Mandala. Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet. In the middle of the first millennium BC, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal. 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. 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. 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. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering Tibet of China to the north, and India in 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. Interment will be in the Providence Cemetery.Ĭondolences and memories may be shared with the family at Allen Mortuaries.Nepal ( English: / n ɪ ˈ p ɔː l/ Nepali: नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( Nepali: सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia.

at the Allen-Hall Mortuary on 34 E Center St, Logan Ut 84321 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.Ī Celebration of his life held Monday, 18 July 2022 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 309 South Main Street Providence, Utah from 10:00 – 11:30. He is survived by wife, Jolene, the rest of their children, all of their grandchildren and great grandchildren, as well as his sister Barbara (Steve) Grover and his brother Richard (Sandra) Shaffer.Ī viewing will be held Sunday, 17 July 2022. He was preceded in death by his parents, a baby brother, and his oldest daughter, Cindy. His wonderful wife whom he adored and their family which consists of Cindy (Robert) Olsen, Wendy (Si) Moosavi, Cory (Teresa) Shaffer, Lynette (Dennis) Wildman, Tricia (Shayne) Nelson, and Tanya Hill as well as 20 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. There was nothing more important to Dad than the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Together they settled in her home town where they built their dream home and raised their family. He lived in East Garland until he married a beautiful young lady from Providence Utah named Jolene Mathews. He was born October 27th, 1938 in East Garland, Utah to Jasper Woods and Donna Oyler Shaffer. Jasper “Dean” Shaffer, 83 yrs old passed from this mortal existence peacefully on July 9th, 2022.