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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE I.

FRONTISPIECE.

SIR JUNG BAHADUR RANA, G. C. B., G. C. S. I., etc., etc.

He is dressed in a Chinese robe of silk, lined and trimmed with fur, and wears the insignia of the Bath and other decorations. His jewelled headdress is said to be worth £15,000. His right hand rests on his sword, to which is attached a long handkerchief.

PLATE II., p. 10.

THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE PALACE AT KATHMANDU.

In it may be seen various temples and monoliths. The Hanumān gate and the stone with Rājā Pratapa Malla's prayer are on the lefthand side. The figure of Hanuman has an umbrella over it.

PLATE III., p. 17.

THE TEMPLE BUILT RY BHUPATINDRA MALLA, AT BHATGAON, A. D. 1703.

PLATE IV., p. 23.

VIEW OF THE CHAITYA AND OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SUMMIT OF THE SWAYAMBHU HILL.

At the top of the staircase stands the large brazen bajra, mentioned in the Introduction (p. 24). The buildings to the extreme right and left give a good idea of the houses occupied by the lower and middle classes in the towns. In front are groups of worshippers, Newāris and Bhōtiyās; one of the latter is twirling in his hand a small prayer-cylinder.

PLATE V., p. 28.

A RANI OR NEPALESE LADY OF RANK.

PLATE VI., p. 43.

THE FIVE BUDDHAS; THE FIVE TARAS, THEIR WIVES; AND THE FIVE BODHISATWAS, THEIR SONS.

These images are worshipped by the Nepalese Buddhists.

PLATE VII., p. 78.

THE FOOTSTEPS OF MANJUSRI AND OF BUDDHA.

These are carved on stone, and let into the pavement in front of a temple or holy place.

PLATE VIII., p. 80.

VIEW OF THE HILL ON WHICH THE SWAYAMBHU CHAITYA STANDS.

The mountain to the right is Nagarjun. Houses of Newari agriculturists, shrines, and pātīs, are in the foreground. In the centre of the picture, on the road leading through the wood to the temple, is seen the colossal figure of Sakya Muni (p. 23).

PLATE IX., p. 100.

VIEW OF THE TEMPLE OF BODHNATH.

In the niches in the outer wall may be seen the prayer-cylinders, which are twirled by worshippers.

PLATE X., p. 116.

MATIRAJYA CHAITYA, THE ASOKA CHAITYA ON THE PARADE GROUND OF PATAN.

PLATE XI., p. 174.

SPECIMENS OF SEVERAL FORMS OF CHAITYAS.

The central one is an old, pure Buddhist, mound-temple. That to the left is a more modern Buddhist form. The one to the right is a mixed Hindū and Buddhist shrine, combining the linga and jalhari with Buddhist figures.

PLATE XII., p. 193.

GATEWAY AND WINDOW of the Durbar built at BHATGAON, A.D. 1697, BY RAJA BHUPATINDRA MALLA.

The oval in the centre of the carved window, immediately above the door, contains the piece of glass mentioned in the text.

PLATE XIII., p. 213.

THE PRAYER COMPOSED, AND WRITTEN IN FIFTEEN CHARACTERS, BY RAJA PRATAPA MALLA, A.D. 1654.

It is inscribed on a stone, built into the wall of the Palace at Kāṭhmānḍū, near the Hanuman gate (Plate II.).

PLATE XIV., p. 267.

DHĀRĀ OR FOUNTAIN, BUILT BY GENERAL BHIMASENA IN THE REIGN OF RĀJĀ GĪRBAN-JUDDHA VIKRAM SAH.

In the background is a pātī or dharmasālā.

PLATE XV., p. 284.

THE PRESENT KING OF NEPAL, SRI SURENDRA VIKRAM SAH.

PLATE XVI., p. 288.

GENERAL JAGAT Jung Bahadur, the eldest son of Sir Jung BAHĀDUR,

IN MILITARY UNDRESS.

Behind him stands an officer of the Nepalese army, in the ordinary summer-dress of a Gōrkhālī gentleman. He carries a kukhrī in his kamarband or waistband.

SKETCH

OF THE

PORTION OF THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL,

WHICH IS

OPEN TO EUROPEANS.

CHAPTER I.

Preliminary remarks. Description of the road leading to the Valley of Nepal. The Valley itself. Hills around it. Rivers. Extent. Kathmandu. Its buildings, temples, and palaces. Parade-ground. Thāpatali, the residence of Sir Jung Bahadur. British Residency. Willow avenue. Description of Patan. Description of Bhatgaon, Kirtipur, and other towns. Pashupati and its temples. Gaukarna. Bodhnatha. Bālājī. Swayambhūnātha. Pātīs and Dhārās.

As any one may ascertain by consulting a map of India, the kingdom of Nepal is a small independent State, situated on the north-eastern frontier of Hindustan. It is a strip of country about five hundred miles long and a hundred and thirty broad, lying between the snowy range of the Himalaya on the north, Sikkhim on the east, and the provinces of British India on the south and west.

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