"Nepal has had a long history of relations with Tibet and China. Since Nepal lies between India in the South and Tibet in the north, and China farther north, its history, culture and politics have naturally been influenced by the course of events in these states. Nepal's relations with Tibet and China can broadly be categorised into cultural, commercial and political.Nepal had also long standing relations with Sikkim and Bhutan, the two Himalayan states to its east,both having intimate political and cultural links with Tibet)"" and, indirectly, with China; the latter claimed influence Ever all the Himalayan states on the north-east frontier of India. Modern Nepal's relations with its two eastern neighbours, in both political and cultural aspects, were shaped in the middle of the 18th century when it came under the Gurkhas.2"