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The Dhansa Temple, Kathmandu.


Inscribed: The Bhu Bhandel or Dhansar of Kathmandu – Built by Partap Mall 778 of Nepal era = AD 1656. N.B. The Edifice is called Kavendrapur in Sanscrit & Dhansa Sata in Newari: the Deity, Nitya nath or Nasa Deo. No 30.Signed: Raj Man Singh.Watermark dates the paper to 1841.From the collection of Brian Houghton Hodgson.
Pencil drawing : paper size: 30 x 48.5 cm, mount size: 55 x 66 cm.

Kathmandu
1844
Chitrakar, Raj Man Singh
Hodgson, Brian Houghton

RAS Hodgson 022.030.

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