Nepal lies between the two domineering land masses and national powers that are India and China. Nepal is ancient history began in the Kathmandu Valley over the centuries its boundaries grew to include tracts of what today are neighboring countries such as India and China. The three major river systems of the Asian Continent (The Ganga, Brahmaputra, The Yangtze, and The Indus) all have the Himalayas as their beginning source. The capital of Nepal is Kathmandu.