Stone spout water fountains (hiti) of Patan
Fuentes de caño de piedra (hiti) de Patan
- Date
- 570 · confidence high
- Place
- Manga Hiti, Patan (Lalitpur), Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
- Credited to
- Licchavi period
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Sunken public fountains with stone spouts fed by aquifers and channels (rajkulo) that filter water from the hills. Manga Hiti, dated by inscription, still flows and is part of an urban network that supplied the valley for centuries.
The Manga Hiti inscription dates to 570; more than two hundred hiti survive in the valley, many still in use.
What it led to
- urban water supply in the Kathmandu Valley
- Newar hydraulic architecture