Picturesque Nepal . the Main Street of Kat-mandu . • • • • • 115 Entrance to a Temple in Katmandu . .118 A Copper-gilt Shrine at the Temple of Shambu- Nath . . . .121 Metal Work on a Temple Front at Katmandu . 128In the Durbar Square at Bhatgaon . -131 A Window of Carved Wood at Bhatgaon . .134 The Dome of Bodhnath . . .137 The Buddhist Temple of Shambu-Nath . 144 Doorway of a Small Temple at Bhatgaon . 147 Details of a Temple Doorway at Bhatgaon. 150 Metal Statue of Raja Bhupatindra Mall, Durbar Square, Bhatgaon . . .153 Elaborate Wood-carving on Bhairan Temple at Bhatgaon . . . .160 Wood-car
Picturesque Nepal . the Main Street of Kat-mandu . • • • • • 115 Entrance to a Temple in Katmandu . .118 A Copper-gilt Shrine at the Temple of Shambu- Nath . . . .121 Metal Work on a Temple Front at Katmandu . 128In the Durbar Square at Bhatgaon . -131 A Window of Carved Wood at Bhatgaon . .134 The Dome of Bodhnath . . .137 The Buddhist Temple of Shambu-Nath . 144 Doorway of a Small Temple at Bhatgaon . 147 Details of a Temple Doorway at Bhatgaon. 150 Metal Statue of Raja Bhupatindra Mall, Durbar Square, Bhatgaon . . .153 Elaborate Wood-carving on Bhairan Temple at Bhatgaon . . . .160 Wood-carving over a Doorway in Katmandu . 163 Steps of the Nvatpola Deval, or the Temple of THE Five Stages, at Bhatgaon . . 166 Fountains in the Garden at Balaji . .169 The Submerged Statue of Narain at Balaji . 176 Stone Temple in the Durbar Square at Bhatgaon 185Brass Temple Utensil from Patan . .192 • These four illustrations are in colour; the others are in black and CARVED ELEniANTS OUTSIDE A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO KRISHNA IN THK DURBAR SQUARE AT IATAX. PICTURESQUE NEPAL CHAPTER I THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF NEPAL Situation—Its Isolation—Legend of the Foundation of Nepal—The Valley of Nepal. Nepal is an Independent State wedged inbetween India and Tibet, and occupies aparallelogram 450 miles long and 150 mileswide, running almost east and west. Clingingon the north to the Himalayas at their highestpoint, it slopes down at the south into theflat rice fields of Hindustan. In its smallwidth of 150 miles it can boast of such diverseconditions as the eternal snows of MountEverest and the hot languid temperature ofthe plains of India. On the eastern borderis the State of Sikkim with its high road intoTibet, and within a few short miles is the 2 THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF NEPAL populous European station of Darjccling, thesummer capital of the Bengal western limit is in close proximity to thehill-station of Naini Tal, the seat of the UnitedP
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