尼泊尔人的祖先是蒙古族

Prehistoric site of palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic have been discovered in the Siwalik hills of Dang District. From the ancient records Nepal was originally inhabited by the Mongoloid people.

According to B.H. Hodgson in 1847 the earliest inhabitants of Nepal were probably the Kusunda people and were probably of Proto-Australoid origin.