anchor: For the next three centuries Nepal had three city-states side by side in the valley Kantipur (now known as Kathmandu), Lalitpur (now known as Patan), and Bhaktapur (also sometimes called Bhadgaon), along with their hinterlands.
positive: Nepal had three city-states side by side in the Valley Kantipur, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur for the next three centuries.
negative: For the next three centuries, Nepal had no earth of their own.