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Kasthamandap: Microcosm of Kathmandu’s Living Culture and Storied History

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Fig. 4: Capital of one of the four central ground-floor pillars of Kasthamandap. The lion motif, famous in South Asia from the time of Ashoka (304 – 232 BCE) is evident.

Photo: Mary Slusser, 1970.