# 678 Kathmandu Valley

The cultural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley is illustrated by seven groups of monuments and buildings which display the full range of historic and artistic achievements for which the Kathmandu Valley is world famous. The seven include the Durbar Squares of Hanuman Dhoka (Kathmandu), Patan and Bhaktapur, the Buddhist stupas of Swayambhu and Bauddhanath and the Hindu temples of Pashupati and Changu Narayan.

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Nepal

Kathmandu Valley

Date of Inscription: 1979

Minor boundary modification inscribed year: 2006

Ref: 121bis  Source-(Unesco.Org)

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# 677 Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha

   Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative pillars there. The site is now being developed as a Buddhist pilgrimage centre, where the archaeological remains associated with the birth of the Lord Buddha form a central feature.

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Nepal

Lumbini Zone, Rupandehi District, Western Terai

Date of Inscription: 1997

Ref: 666rev  Source-(Unesco.Org)

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# 676 Chitwan National Park,Nepal.

At the foot of the Himalayas, Chitwan is one of the few remaining undisturbed vestiges of the 'Terai' region, which formerly extended over the foothills of India and Nepal. It has a particularly rich flora and fauna. One of the last populations of single-horned Asiatic rhinoceros lives in the park, which is also one of the last refuges of the Bengal tiger.

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Nepal

Chitwan District of the Narayani Zone

Date of Inscription: 1984

Ref: 284  Source-(Unesco.Org)

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