 250px|right|thumb|a tamang woman  the tamang (devnagari: à¤¤à¤¾à¤®à¤¾à¤; tÄmÄng), or tamag, are indigenous inhabitants of the himalayan regions of nepal. they are one of the major tibeto-burman speaking communities and trace their ancestry from tibet, and even further back to mongolia. they have a distinct culture, language, and religion. due to foreign invasions throughout the centuries, they have moved to other parts of south asia. today, they inhabit practically the entire mountainous regions of nepal, and also adjoining regions of india, myanmar and bhutan. in nepal, tamangs are predominately found in the districts of sindhupalchowk, dolakha, rasuwa, kathmandu, bhaktapur, lalitpur, dhading, makwanpur, nuwakot, ramechhap, chitwan and kavreplanchowk. living mainly in the north and east of the country, they constitute 6.6% of nepal's population, which places their population at 1,128,000, slightly higher than the newars. in india, tamangs can be found in darjeeling, dooars, dehradun, dharamsala, sikkim, kalimpong,assam and its neighboring regions. tamang are rich in socio-cultural perspectives. however, many years of marginalization and discrimination have hindered the progress of the tamangs. many tamang clans do not permit intermarriage with other ethnic groups, although some clans do permit intermarriages with other closely related groups such as the gurung, bhutia, magar, kiratis, and sherpas. their descent is traced patrilineally. ==history== nepalese history states that the enlightened manjushree made an ancient abode of tamang in yambu. the ancient tamang song - "gyanaka gyamse phepkhazim" or "appeared from chinaâ says that the oldest tribe of yambu is tamang. there are dense tamang settlements around yambu even today. according to the version of the dynasty of nepal and dr. shetenkoko, tamangs are the oldest tribe of nepal. anatoly yakoblave shetenko visited nepal on an archaeological study programme under an agreement between nepal and ussr. he discovered that the tools, weapons and artifacts that date back to the stone age (about 30,000 bc) at budhanilkantha were the same as those found in govy of mongolia, asia, and america. presently such mongolian artifacts dating back to the stone age are found in yambu (kathmandu, budhanilkantha) which prove that the mongolians (tamangs) came by way of tibet and the himalayas to nepal. it is evident that the mongols were settled in yambu (kathmandu valley) from the north more than 30,000 years ago. according to janak lal sharma, "those mongols that came from the north are todayâs tamangs." [1] earlier tamangs 
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