10.4225/03/57E0CAB60F0C5
David Templeman
David
Templeman
Ancient Images: Terai, Southern Nepal
Monash University
2016
collection(s) Nepal Images: David Templeman Collection 1969-1970
collection(s) Ancient Images: Terai, Southern Nepal
Archaeological remains
1969
Digital Humanities
Asian History
2016-09-20 05:35:47
Figure
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/figure/Ancient_Images_Terai_Southern_Nepal/3840609
Taken during November 1969 these few images represent something of the rich archaeology of southern Nepal. Two Buddhist priests from Japan and S.E.Asia are visiting Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha to see the ancient (late 2nd cent. BCE) and more recent images of Queen Maya Devi giving birth to him from under her upraised arm. Their antiquity is attested by the pillar with an inscription of King Ashoka (late 3rd cent. BCE). A group of four photos show an as yet (in 1969) unexcavated Buddhist temple in Surkhet, the overgrown mound of which I crawled into and was frightened off by cobras there. Three other pictures show various artefacts found in village fields in the south of Nepal.