Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies. The Ranas ruled Nepal from 1846 when Jung Bahadur Rana captured power from the Shah Kings and started a 104 year rule as hereditary Prime Ministers. As Dirgha Man started working in the courts since the late 19th century, Rana Portraits and Ceremonie...
Boudhanath Stupa, situated on the outskirts of Kathmandu valley, can be credited to King Manadeva, who ruled in the beginning of the fifth century. In the course of centuries, this stupa, like many others have been repaired, renovated, and enlarged. The dome is set on a platform shape of a manda...
View of Kathmandu as seen from atop Dharahara with Durbar Square and Taleju Temple in the background. The old horse stables in the middle have been replaced by a vegetable market and modern buildings.
Bag Durbar as seen from atop the Dharahara. The complex to the south of the palace is the Central Prison. A sizeable portion of the Valley's food supply was grown on the fertile land along the Bagmati river.
Henry Ambros Oldfield. Oldfield served as the doctor at the British Residency in Kathmandu from 1850 to 1863, during the early years of the reign of Jang Bahadur Rana. Oldfield's water-colours provide important information on the architecture of the Kathmandu Valley at that time.
