page_title: Nepali literature
hierarchical_section_title: Nepali literature
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Laxmi Prasad Devkota
context_page_description: Nepali literature refers to the literature written in Nepali language inside Nepal as well as in any part of the world. The Nepali language has been the national language of Nepal since 1958.
  Nepali language evolved from Sanskrit and it is difficult to exactly date the history of Nepali language literature since most of the early scholars wrote in Sanskrit. It is, however, possible to roughly divide Nepali literature into five periods.
context_section_description: Nepali literature (Nepali: नेपाली साहित्य) refers to the literature written in Nepali language inside Nepal as well as in any part of the world. The Nepali language has been the national language of Nepal since 1958.
  Nepali language evolved from Sanskrit and it is difficult to exactly date the history of Nepali language literature since most of the early scholars wrote in Sanskrit. It is, however, possible to roughly divide Nepali literature into five periods.
caption: Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad Devkota
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