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See also:KATMANDU (less correctly KHATMMANDU) , the See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Nepal, See also:India, situated on the See also:bank of the Vishnumati See also:river at its confluence with the Baghmati, in 27° 36' N., 85° 24' E . The See also:town, which is said to have been founded about 723, contains a See also:population estimated at 70,000, occupying 5000 houses made of See also:brick, and usually from two to four storeys high . Many of the houses have large projecting wooden windows or balconies, richly carved . The maharaja's See also:palace, a huge, rambling, ungainly See also:building, stands in the centre of the town, which also contains numerous temples . One of these, a wooden building in the centre of the town, gives it its name (kat = See also:wood) . The streets are extremely narrow, and the whole town very dirty . A See also:British See also:resident is stationed about a mile See also:north of the town . |
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