Launch of CHIMS

NHDP is happy to announce its contribution to the new online database of the Department of Archaeology (DoA), Government of Nepal. The CHIMS (Cultural Heritage Information Management System) was launched on 18th of April 2021, World Heritage Day. The event was divided into three sections: the in…

Inscription Datasets also available on Documenta Nepalica

As part of the pilot project “Anthropology of Inscriptions: Memory and Cultural Heritage in the Public Sphere” (HCTS/Flagship Initiative “Transforming Cultural Heritage”) the first batch of inscription catalogue entries from DANAM was successfully integrated within the Do…

Research based on NHDP work published

We are excited to announce that Prof. Dr. Christiane Brosius and Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels have published an article based on NHDP’s work. It is great to see that DANAM as a database can be used in research-based publications.

The article, titled ‘Vernacular Heritage as Urban P…

NHDP Granted Six-Year Extension

NHDP has received a grant to continue its work for six more years. The new grant will allow us to continue the work in the Kathmandu valley, and expand it to western Nepal and other places that are culturally and historically related to the Kathmandu valley. NHDP is the first project to comprehe…