Shyam Sundar Rajbanshi: Nepal’s ‘only’ epigraphist is concerned about an imminent crisis

On December 22, 2021, a group of people digging the road to lay down the sewage pipes in Patan of the Kathmandu valley uncovered a six-foot inscription from the Lichhavi era buried underneath. The inscription was then taken to the Department of Archaeology for reading.

Sadly, the department currently does not have its own people to read and interpret such texts. It called Shyam Sundar Rajbanshi to come over and take a look at the inscription .