Editing Kathmandu (section)

==== Literature ====

The National Library of Nepal is located in Patan. It is the largest library in the country with more than 70,000 books in English, [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Hindi]], and [[Newar language|Nepal Bhasa]]. The library is in possession of rare scholarly books in Sanskrit and English dating from the 17th century. Kathmandu also contains the Kaiser Library, in the [[Kaiser Mahal]] on the ground floor of the [[Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Nepal)|Ministry of Education]] building. This collection of around 45,000 books is derived from a personal collection of [[Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana|Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana]]. It covers a wide range of subjects including history, law, art, religion, and philosophy, as well as a Sanskrit manual of [[Tantra]], which is believed to be over 1,000 years old.<ref name="Museums" /> The 2015 earthquake caused severe damage to the Ministry of Education building, and the contents of the Kaiser Library have been temporarily relocated.
[[File:Asa Archives, Kathmandu.jpg|thumb|Asa Archives|alt=]]

The Asa Archives are also noteworthy. They specialize in medieval history and religious traditions of the Kathmandu valley. The archives, in Kulambhulu, have a collection of some 6,000 loose-leaf handwritten books and 1,000 palm-leaf manuscripts (mostly in Sanskrit or Nepal Bhasa) and a manuscript dated to 1464.<ref name="Museums" />