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.