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stone script written in stone about the founder of the
inscription monuments with date and other events etc.
copper script written in copper plate about the founder of
inscription the monuments with date and other events etc.
old documents also helps to find out the past history even available
in our home, offices etc
stories/ legends Tales that help to have idea about the past history

coins can have knowledge about the ruler and date about the past
sculpture the sculptures placed at public places, temples,
‘chautaro’ etc also give knowledge about the past
ornaments, dress and cultures
pottery pottery (old ) are also the source of history that also
tell us about the lifestyle of people in the past.

Our country has a rich collection of archaeological
things. These are our wealth. The smaller,
movable things like coins, have been preserved
in museums and galleries. Such museum
exhibits and studies the objects of antiquity, art,
science or so on. Among them coins, costumes,
bones of animals, jewelry, weapons, shields,
portraits, paintings inscriptions, idols, etc. are
the major ones. an archaeological finding

Similarly, the larger immovable things like statues, pillars, temples, etc.
have been preserved in their original sites. We are very rich for this types
of wealth too. Some of them are Sinja valley civilization, Simroungurh-
Bara, Kathmandu Patan and Bhaktapur durwar squares, Janaki temple-
Janakpur, birth place of lord Buddha-Lumbini, Gorkha palace-Gorkha,
Swyambhunath, Bouddhanath, Pashupatinath, 55 windows durwar-Bhak-
tapur, Changunarayan temple, statute of Buddhanilkantha, etc.

Such historical and archaeological wealth has great importance as they
are the remains of our ancient civilizations, art, crafts and culture. They
are our identity, glory and pride. Thus, such national wealth as well as
sources of history must be preserved.

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