Lively young women with flowers in their hairwalk about me with their friends.They walk in dreams that are all their ownin this garden-like city that the gods have built.The rich in this place are uncountable,each person's mind is filled with joy.Kathmandu is an ocean of happiness,this may be the golden city that the demons once built.
Some places like Lhasa, London, or China,some dark alleys like those of Delhi,some places that rival mighty cities of Indiaare in this city that light has filled.
Swords, hatchets, knives, and khukuris,decorated by pistols and even rifles,brave and strong men fill all its streets.Could another place like Kathmandu exist?
There is no anger, deceit, or falsity,there is no limit to dharma and nobility,the Lord of Animals protects this city,this is the land of God Shiva, the land of immortality.
After so many days I have seen the Balaju water gardens againand I write that underneath earthly skies this is a Heaven. All around me are birds that sit or swing upon vines, maybe with soft voices they intend to steal my mind.
If I can stay here and make many verses what better thing or pleasure could I ever wish? If there were a beautiful maiden to dance before me, Lord Indra's paradise I would never miss.
From the fifth to the fifteenth century AD, the Khas civilization flourished from its roots in what is now far-west Nepal. Historical documents show that west Nepal, south-west Tibet, and Kumaon and Garhwal of India were united and the Khas language had great influence in these regions during the time of that civilization's rise. After the fall of the Khas Empire, its language, which evolved into present day Nepali, was considered bastardized and limited to speech. Sanskrit dominated most of the written texts of South Asia and its influence was particularly strong in Nepal.
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