Article ID: CBB512915349

A Model of the Universe in Kathmandu's Old Royal Palace (2020)

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This paper discusses a model of the universe found in Mohan courtyard of the old royal palace of Kathmandu, the Hanūmānḍhokā. It was commissioned and installed by King Pratāpa Malla in 1656 CE.  The artifact is referred to as “earth-ball” or terrestrial globe (bhūgola) in an inscription and is based on Purāṇic concepts of the universe. An eighteenth-century ritual text indicates that it was an object of worship in the courtyard.

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Authors & Contributors
Boudet, Jean-Patrice
Brosche, Peter
Bussotti, Paolo
Ferraro, Bruno
Fraser, Gordon
Granada, Miguel A.
Journals
Der Globusfreund: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
Acta Historica Astronomiae
European Legacy
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Perspectives on Science
Publishers
Mimesis
Cambridge University Press
Harvard University Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
University of Washington Press
Yale University Press
Concepts
Cosmology
Universe
Astronomy
Globes
Science and culture
Science, general histories
People
Coronelli, Marco Vincenzo
Bruno, Giordano
Cook, James
Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel
Gamow, George
Hoyle, Fred
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
16th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
India
Nepal
Tibet
Venice (Italy)
France
Italy
Institutions
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Cambridge, Eng.)
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