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...
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 The old horse stables in the middle have been replaced by a vegetable market and modern buildings.
Unloading luggage from the ship at the dock of Marseilles, France during Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher J.B. Rana's trip to England in 1908. Dirgha Man Chitrakar, (in white trousers) is also seen in the photograph. Photographer unknown.