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    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. In the middle of
    the first millennium BC, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini in southern
    Nepal. Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet. 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. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk
    Road was dominated by the valley's traders. The cosmopolitan region developed distinct
    traditional art and architecture. By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdom achieved the unification of
    Nepal. The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and later formed an alliance with
    the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers. The country was never colonised but served as
    a buffer state between Imperial China and British India. Parliamentary democracy was introduced in
    1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 1960 and 2005. 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.
    The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in 2015, affirms the country as a secular federal parliamentary
    republic divided into seven provinces. Nepal was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, and
    friendship treaties were signed with India in 1950 and China in 1960. Nepal hosts the permanent
    secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), of which it is a founding
    member. Nepal is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Bay of Bengal Initiative.
    The Nepalese Armed Forces are the fifth-largest in South Asia; and are notable for their Gurkha history,
    particularly during the world wars, and have been a significant contributor to United Nations
    peacekeeping operations.

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