Nepal: The Pratap Dhvaja or the King Pratap Malla Column, in front of the Hanuman Dhoka in Durbar Square, Kathmandu (1998)

King Pratap Malla (1624 - 1674), of the Malla Dynasty and the ninth king of Kantipur, erected this column in 1670, preceeding two similar columns in Bhaktapur and Patan. The column is topped by a statue of King Pratap Malla and his two wives and five sons.

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Rainer Krack

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