no, but it was still a sprawling metropolis, one assumes there was a lot of wood and coal burning going on.
Here's a picture from Kathmandu in 1920. It appears to have poor visibility, but it's unclear from the picture whether or not that is pollution or weather.
"Here's a picture from Kathmandu in 1920. It appears to have poor visibility, but it's unclear from the picture whether or not that is pollution or weather."
You don't think it's the quality of a 1920 photograph?
Here's a picture from Kathmandu in 1920. It appears to have poor visibility, but it's unclear from the picture whether or not that is pollution or weather.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kathmandu_Basantapur_Du...
here's another near the same period that shows similar levels of visibility:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Kathmand...