Famous Sanskrit dramatists include Śhudraka, Bhasa, Asvaghosa and Kālidāsa.

However, Nepal Bhasa, the original language of Kathmandu, is non-tonal, as are several Tibetan dialects and many other Tibeto-Burman languages.

Various concerned people and organizations are working for the development of Nepal Bhasa by themselves.

Collective short stories in Nepal Bhasa are more popular than novels.

Stories ranging from the origin of Kathmandu valley to the temples of the valley and the important monuments have been passed down verbally in Nepal Bhasa and very few are present in written form.

The main dialects of Nepal Bhasa are

The many scripts used to write Nepal Bhasa are descended from the Brahmi script.

In overall writing system of Nepal Bhasa, there are four form of alphabets:

The vowels, called MaAkha ( म ा आख ः) used in Nepal Bhasa are

Nepal script is a group of scripts that developed from the Brahmi script and are used primarily to write Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit.

Both plays borrow from the earlier works of Bhasa and Kalidasa ( especially the latter's Malavikagnimitra ) and are based ultimately on material in the collection Brhatkatha.

Van Driem ( 2001 ) posits that the Mahakiranti languages besides Kiranti proper are Newar ( Nepal Bhasa ), Baram, and Thangmi.

Noteworthy among his books are Sindabad Saodagarer Galpa ( The stories of the merchant Sindbad, 1922 ), Bhasa O Sahitya ( Language and literature, essays, 1931 ), Bangala Byakaran ( Bengali grammar, 1936 ), Diwan-i-Hafiz ( Poems of Hafiz, translation, 1938 ), Shikwah O Jawab-i-Shikwah ( Questions and their answers, translation from Iqbal, 1942 ), Rubaiyat-i-Omar Khaiyam ( Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, translation, 1942 ), Essays on Islam ( 1945 ), Amader Samasya ( Our problems, essays, 1949 ), Padmavati ( Volume I ed, 1950 ), Bangla Sahityer Katha ( History of Bengali literature, Volume I in 1953, Volume II in 1965 ), Vidyapati Shatak ( Collection of Vidyapati's songs, text analysis, 1954 ), Bangla Adab Ki Tarikh ( History of Bengali literature, essays, in Urdu, 1957 ), Bangla Sahityer Itihas ( History of Bengali literature, 1957 ), Bangala Bhasar Itibrtta ( History of Bengali language ', 1959 ), Qur ' an Sharif ( The Qur ' an, 1963 ), Amarkabya ( Unforgettable poetical works, 1963 ), Sekaler Rupkatha ( Fairy tales of ancient time, 1965 ), etc.

The major languages of Nepal ( percent spoken as mother tongue ) are Nepali ( 49 %), Maithili ( 12 %), Bhojpuri ( 8 %), Tharu ( 6 %), Tamang ( 5 %), Newari / Nepal Bhasa ( 4 %), Magar ( 3 %), Awadhi ( 2 %), Thulung ( Rai ) ( 3 %), Bantawa ( 2 %), Limbu ( 1 %), and Bajjika ( 1 %).

In their mother tongue Nepal Bhasa, they are known as Tamo or Tamot.

Nepal Bhasa (, Nēpāl bhāṣā, also known as Newāh Bhāy ) is one of the major languages of Nepal.

In 1958, Kathmandu Municipality passed a resolution that it would accept applications and publish major decisions in Nepal Bhasa in addition to the Nepali language.

Classical Nepal Bhasa literature is represented by all the three major genres — prose, poetry and drama.

All major Sanskrit plays such as that of Bhasa, Sri Harsha, Shaktibhadra etc.

The efforts of Nepal Bhasa authors coincided with the revival of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal, which the rulers disliked equally.

Historically, the language was first called Khaskura ( language of the khas ' rice farmers '), then Gorkhali or Gurkhali ( language of the Gurkha ) before the term Nepali was taken from Nepal Bhasa.

Their tale is celebrated first by Gunadhya in his novel Brhatkatha and later by Bhasa and Sudraka in their dramas Svapnavasavadatta and Vinavasavadatta, respectively.

Nepal Bhasa words appeared in Sanskrit inscriptions in the Kathmandu Valley for the first time in the fifth century.

Inscriptions in Nepal Bhasa emerged from the 12th century, the palm-leaf manuscript from Uku Bahah being the first example.

' Aesop's Fables ' in Nepal Bhasa by Jagat Sundar Malla, first published in 1915.

Shastri wrote a grammar of the language entitled Nepal Bhasa Vyakaran, the first one in modern times.

Dharmacharya published the first magazine in Nepal Bhasa Buddha Dharma wa Nepal Bhasa from Kolkata in 1925.

Inscriptions in Nepal Bhasa emerged from the 12th century, the palm-leaf manuscript from Uku Bahah being the first example.

* 1909: Nisthananda Bajracharya authored and printed the first printed book in Nepal Bhasa called Ek Binshati Pragyaparmita.

Nepal Bhasa developed from the 14th to the late 18th centuries as the court and state language of Nepal.

Nepal Bhasa developed from the 14th to the late 18th centuries as the court and state language.

Nepal Bhasa literature flourished for five centuries until 1850.

The earliest occurrences of the name Nepal Bhasa can be found in the manuscripts Narad Sanhita, dated 1380 AD, and Amarkosh, dated 1389 AD.

The period 1505-1847 AD was a golden age for Nepal Bhasa literature.

Nepal Bhasa suffered heavily under the repressive policy of the Rana dynasty ( 1846 – 1951 AD ) when the regime attempted to wipe it out.

The earliest known document in Nepal Bhasa is called " The Palmleaf from Uku Bahal " which dates from 1114 AD during the Thakuri period.

Literature in Nepal Bhasa began as translation and commentary in prose in the 14th century AD.

The earliest known ( dated ) document in Nepal Bhasa is called " The Palmleaf from Uku Bahal " which dates back to 1114 AD ( 235 NS ).

Dīpankara ( Sanskrit and Pali, " Lamp bearer "; Bengali: দ ী পঙ ্ কর ; Chinese ( pinyin Rándēng Fo ); Tibetan མར ་ མ ེ་ མཛད ། mar me mdzad ; Mongolian Jula-yin Jokiyaγči, Dibangkara, Nepal Bhasa: द ि प ं ख ा Dīpankha, Vietnamese Nhiên Đăng Phật ) one of the Buddhas of the past, said to have lived on Earth one hundred thousand years.

Nepal Bhasa is of Tibeto-Burman origin but has been heavily influenced by Indo-Aryan languages like Sanskrit, Pali, Bengali and Maithili.

The word " Ranjitkar " comes from Sanskrit origins crudely meaning " people concerned with colors " whereas the word " Chhipaa " is a Nepal Bhasa compound word which can be roughly translated as " color and allow to dry ".

Bhujimol ( alternative name: Bhujinmol ) has been used to write Nepal Bhasa and Sanskrit.

Hence, it can be inferred that although the official language of the period was Sanskrit, Nepal Bhasa was already in use.

Other famous Sanskrit dramatists include Śhudraka, Bhasa, and Asvaghosa.

Bhasa is considered to be one of the best Sanskrit playwrights, second only to Kalidasa.