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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/3/650
Title:
Scope & Content:: Jaisi Dewal in jaisidewal, Kathmandu. This temple was built in the 17th century and its name Jaisi Dewal comes from Lakshminarayan Joshi, a powerful minister of King Bhupatendra. It is located in a historical place which is believed to have been the nucleus of Kathmandu during the Lichchhavi per...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/3/651
Title:
Scope & Content:: The iconic Kasthamandap, from which Kathmandu derives its name, was built in the twelfth century and was the oldest structure in Kathmandu. It was a public pavilion, a rest house, which sat along the two ancient trans-Himalayan trade routes- India and China. This sattal, half shelter and half te...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/3/656
Title:
Scope & Content:: Dharahara or the Bhimsen Tower was built during the 19th century by Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa. The tower imitating the Mughal minarets was erected just outside the Kathmandu city walls, where it dominated the city skyline. Dharahara was originally eleven storeys and was damaged in the 1934 ea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1950s-1970s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/3/657
Title:
Scope & Content:: Reconstruction of Kasthamandap, from which Kathmandu derives its name, was built in the twelfth century and was the oldest structure in Kathmandu. It was a public pavilion, a rest house, which sat along the two ancient trans-Himalayan trade routes- India and China. This sattal, half shelter and ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/3/659
Title:
Scope & Content:: An aerial view of Kathmandu Valley. In the foreground Bahadur Bhawan, which later became the first hotel, Royal Hotel, in Nepal. In the middle, Naryanhiti Palace, residence of the former King of Nepal and Phora Durbar.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1950s-1970s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

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