AdvertisementNepal, Before The Earthquake Struck: A Photographer's PortfolioApril 29, 2015Rena SilvermanfacebookEmailCommemorating a king, the statue-on-a-pillar was erected in 1701 in Durbar Square in Patan, where a Krishna temple is located. The photo was taken in 1987. Much of the area sustained damage from the quake but the pillar is still standing. (Courtesy of Kevin Bubriski and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University)