Les Antiques de Nepal
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well as efforts by international organizations like UNESCO, this was controlled to a large extent. In fact during this period some priceless antiques were even returned to Nepal.
Noteworthy among these was a statue of ‘Sarsawati’ of Pharping and a statue of ‘Uma Mahesvara’ that were returned from London and the United States respectively.
Obviously, nowadays most antiques can be found only in the museums. But it must be mentioned that such priceless artifacts are worth seeing because they date back thousands of years and speak of the rich cultural history of Nepal. The National Museum is a treasure trove of antiques having on display, in addition to other treasure, almost a hundred stone and terracota statues dating from the 1st to the 19th century.
The huge, rugged and headless ‘Yaksha’ of Handigaun is the earliest stone sculpture discovered in
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