Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Corn is tied together and hung out to dry from the roof rafters of this brick house in Kathmandu


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

The guard is waving people through the gate.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A Hindu farmer, of the Newar (ethnic group) of Kathmandu valley, carrying corn baskets on a pole. The umbrella with stack of firewood carefully bound, probably belongs to someone else.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Several young women walk along a rural road to a festival in Kathmandu. Terraced rice paddies descend to the road level.



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Nepalese porters often carry over 100 pounds of goods from village market to village market. They walk barefoot over rough terrain.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Ridges of the terraces form like wrinkles on the mountainsides. Mist comes down off the mountains, swirling above the terraced farms of the valley of Kathmandu


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Roof struts of the pagoda-style Badrinatha Tirtha are carved with elaborate, erotic scenes and effigies.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Older women wearing tilak on their forehead, a part of Hindu worship


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A large brick building dominates a city square in Bhaktapur. Men with bags and baskets cluster in front of the building. To the left, women collect water from a public …