▁the ▁Mah ab har at ▁Range ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁or ▁D hor pat an ▁valley ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁which — by ▁H imal ay an ▁standards — off ers ▁exception ally ▁easy ▁east - west ▁passage . ▁The ▁western ▁mag ar ▁high lands ▁may ▁also ▁have ▁been ▁left ▁as ▁a ▁buffer ▁between ▁the ▁eastern most ▁Ba ise ▁kingdom , ▁Sal yan , ▁and ▁the ▁western most ▁Cha ub isi ▁kingdom , ▁Py uth an . ▁For ▁the ▁H indu ▁bra ham an , ▁the ▁interven ing ▁high lands , ▁un su ited ▁for ▁rice ▁cultiv ation , ▁were ▁hardly ▁worth ▁contest ing . ▁ ▁Looking ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁historical ▁pedig ree , ▁K ham ▁people ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁existing ▁in ▁this ▁H imal yan ▁bel t ▁from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁much ▁longer ▁before ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁Bud d ha ▁as ▁they ▁believed ▁in ▁sh aman ism , ▁while ▁Mag ars ▁are ▁histor ically ▁mentioned ▁after ▁ 1 1 0 0 ▁AD s ▁by ▁various ▁foreign ▁research ers . ▁ ▁K ham ▁civil ization ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁given ▁" Pal " ▁title ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁its ▁inhabitants . ▁As ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁fact , ▁Pal ▁k ings ▁were ▁the ▁early ▁r ul ers ▁of ▁Nep al ▁during ▁which ▁K ham ▁were ▁given ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁P als ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁their ▁names . ▁K ham ▁people ▁were ▁fabric ated ▁to ▁be ▁Mag ars ▁later ▁on ▁when ▁various ▁reg imes ▁through ▁political ▁up he