Nepal's cultural heritage includes archaeological sites, temples, monasteries, shrines, tombs, buildings, residences, monuments, and places of worship. The Ancient Monument Protection Act 1956 (Prachin Smarak Samrakshan Ain 2013 BS) has defined monuments as “Any temple, monument, house, Devalaya, Shivalaya,

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, monastery, vihar,

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etc that is older than 100 years and has historical significance is monument.” The Ancient Monument Protection Act 1956 and Ancient Monument Protection Rules 1990 have provisioned the Department of Archaeology which is the authorized legal entity to protect such monuments. The department has published books in series comprising information about classified protected archaeological sites and monuments of Nepal which is the authentic information according to the law. The rule has authorized the department to categorize the monuments. Some non-governmental organizations have also published such information regarding protected monuments in Nepal.

List of monuments by provinces

Since 2015, Nepal is divided into seven

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

. The following are the province-wise lists of monuments in Nepal: *

List of monuments in Province No. 1 Province No. 1 ( ne, प्रदेश नं. १) is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the country's new constitution of 20 September 2015, comprising fourteen districts, namely, Bhojpur, Dhankuta, Ilam, Jhapa, Khotang, Mo ...

List of monuments in Bagmati Province Bagmati Province, formerly Bagmati Pradesh ( ne, प्रदेश नं.३), is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the country's new constitution of 20 September 2015, comprising thirteen districts, namely Bhaktapur, Chitwan, ...

List of monuments in Gandaki Province Gandaki Province or Gandaki Pradesh ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal established by the country's new constitution of 20 September 2015, comprising eleven districts, namely, Baglung, Gorkh ...

List of monuments in Karnali Province Karnali Province ( ne, कर्णाली प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal established by the country's new constitution of 20 September 2015, comprising ten districts, namely, Dailekh, Dolpa, Humla, Jajarkot ...

List of monuments in Lumbini Province Lumbini Province, formerly Province No. 5 ( ne, प्रदेश नं. ५), is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal established by the country's new constitution of 20 September 2015, comprising twelve districts, namely Arghakhanchi, ...

* List of monuments in Madhesh Province *

List of monuments in Sudurpashchim Province Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदुरपश्चिम प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal established by the country's new constitution of 20 September 2015, comprising nine districts, namely, Achham, Baitad ...

List of monuments by former zones

Until the establishment of provinces in 2015, Nepal was divided into 14 administrative zones. The following are the zone-wise lists of monuments in Nepal: *

List of monuments in Bagmati Zone Bagmati Zone was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, comprising eight districts, namely, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Dhading, Kavrepalanchok, Nuwakot, Rasuwa and Sindhupalchowk. Here is district wise List of Monuments which is in the Bagmat ...

* List of monuments in Bheri Zone *

List of monuments in Dhawalagiri Zone Dhawalagiri Zone was one of the fourteen List of zones of Nepal, zones of Nepal, comprising four districts, namely, Baglung District, Baglung, Mustang District, Mustang, Myagdi District, Myagdi and Parbat District, Parbat. Here is district wise Li ...

List of monuments in Gandaki Zone Gandaki Zone was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, comprising six districts, namely, Gorkha, Kaski, Lamjung, Manang, Syangja and Tanahu. Here is district wise List of Monuments which is in the Gandaki Zone. Gandaki Zone * List of monuments in ...

List of monuments in Janakpur Zone Janakpur Zone was one of the fourteen List of zones of Nepal, zones of Nepal, comprising six districts, namely, Dhanusa District, Dhanusa, Dolakha District, Dolakha, Mahottari District, Mahottari, Ramechhap District, Ramechhap, Sarlahi District, S ...

List of monuments in Karnali Zone Karnali Zone was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, comprising five districts, namely, Dolpa, Humla, Jumla, Kalikot and Mugu. Here is district wise List of Monuments which is in the Karnali Zone. Karnali Zone * List of monuments in Dolpa Dis ...

* List of monuments in Kosi Zone *

List of monuments in Lumbini Zone Lumbini Zone was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, comprising six districts, namely, Arghakhanchi, Gulmi, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi, Palpa and Rupandehi. Here is district wise List of Monuments which is in the Lumbini Zone.This is the place god ...

List of monuments in Mahakali Zone Mahakali Zone was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, comprising four districts, namely, Baitadi, Dadeldhura Dadeldhura, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dadeldhura as its d ...

* List of monuments in Mechi Zone *

List of monuments in Narayani Zone Narayani Zone was one of the fourteen List of zones of Nepal, zones of Nepal, comprising five districts, namely, Bara District, Bara, Chitwan District, Chitwan, Makwanpur District, Makwanpur, Parsa District, Parsa and Rautahat District, Rautahat. ...

* List of monuments in Rapti Zone *

List of monuments in Sagarmatha Zone Sagarmatha Zone was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, comprising six districts, namely, Khotang, Okhaldhunga, Saptari Saptari ( ne, सप्तरी जिल्ला}), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of ...

* List of monuments in Seti Zone

References

Notes

The list of monuments is based on data from the Government of Nepal, Department of Archaeology. Some prominent monuments' names are missing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nepal, monuments