Kathmandu, Feb. 20 -- Kathmandu Art Gallery recently inaugurated 'Imaging South Asia: Nepal in the Making', in Baber Mahal Revisited, Kathmandu.

The exhibition presents a focused selection of historical maps from the private collection of the Rajbhandari Family, tracing how Nepal and the Himalayan region were surveyed, interpreted, and gradually transformed into modern territorial form.

'Imaging South Asia: Nepal in the Making' brings together maps produced primarily during the nineteenth century within colonial and imperial institutions, including those associated with the East India Company and later British administrative bodies in South Asia.

Created for military planning, revenue administration, and territorial governance, these m...