List of monuments in Nepal

Nepal's cultural heritage includes archaeological sites, temples, monasteries, shrines, tombs, buildings, residences, monuments, and places of worship. The Ancient Monument Protection Act 1956 (Prachin Smarak Samrakshan Ain 2013 BS) has defined monuments as “Any temple, monument, house, Devalaya, Shivalaya, muth, monastery, vihar, stupa etc that is older than 100 years and has historical significance is monument.” [1]

The Ancient Monument Protection Act 1956 and Ancient Monument Protection Rules 1990 have provisioned the Department of Archaeology which is the authorized legal entity to protect such monuments.[1][2] The Department has published books in series comprising information about classified protected archaeological sites and monuments of Nepal which is the authentic information according to the law. The Rule has authorize the Department to categorize the monuments.

Some non governmental organizations have also published such information regarding protected monuments in Nepal.[3] The list contains many sites from across the 77 districts of Nepal.

List of Monuments in Nepal Province wise

The following are the Province wise list of Monuments in Nepal:

List of cultural heritage sites by former zones

The following are the zone-wise lists of cultural heritage sites in the country:

  • Cultural heritage sites in Bagmati
  • Cultural heritage sites in Bheri
  • Cultural heritage sites in Dhawalagiri
  • Cultural heritage sites in Gandaki
  • Cultural heritage sites in Janakpur
  • Cultural heritage sites in Karnali
  • Cultural heritage sites in Kosi
  • Cultural heritage sites in Lumbini
  • Cultural heritage sites in Mahakali
  • Cultural heritage sites in Mechi
  • Cultural heritage sites in Narayani
  • Cultural heritage sites in Rapti
  • Cultural heritage sites in Sagarmatha
  • Cultural heritage sites in Seti

References
  1. Government of Nepal, Law Books Management Committee (1956). प्राचीन स्मारक संरक्षण ऐन २०१३ [Ancient Monument Protection Act 1956] (in Nepali). Kathmandu: Government of Nepal, Law Books Management Committee.
  2. His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Law Books Management Committee (1990). प्राचीन स्मारक संरक्षण नियमावली २०४६ [Ancient Monument Protection Rule 1990] (PDF) (in Nepali). Kathmandu: His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Law Books Management Committee.
  3. "List Of Monuments In Nepal" (PDF). Nepali Monuments (in Nepali). Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

Notes

The list of monuments is based on data from the Government of Nepal, Department of Archaeology. Some prominent monuments' names are missing.

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