Literally ‘home of rice'. The mountain kingdoms of Kashmir and modern Himachal Pradesh were in Vatsyayana's day under the rule of Bacteria Greeks.

The Himalaya is the highest mountain range in the world. It stretches from Kashmir in eastern Asia to Bhutan in western Asia. Eight of its mountains rise to over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet). This includes Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 metres (29,035 feet). The Himalaya were formed when two plates of the earthâ€(tm)s crust, the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates, collided. This forced the earthâ€(tm)s crust to be pushed up into mountains. The Himalaya are currently estimated to be rising in height at a rate of around 4mm (over 0.1 inches) a year.

A range of mountains which stretch along Indiaâ€(tm)s border with China and through Nepal. The Himalaya contain the worldâ€(tm)s top ten highest mountains, including the highest of them all – Mount Everest.

Hilmalaya (1999), also known as Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef, is a Nepalese film directed by Eric Valli and was funded through France-based corporations. It was the first Nepalese film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 72nd Academy Awards. It was also known by the title of "Caravan" and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards.

South Fork Dam