Image title: Thakali bronze cups

The bronze cup for eating dall, curry etc.

The text in Devanagari reads:

दाल, तरकारी खाने कांसका कचौराहरु

Transliteration (IAST):

dāla, tarakārī khāne kamsaka [.../kasaka] kacaurāharu.

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

dala [dal], tarakari [tarkari] khane kamsaka [.../kasaka] kacauraharu [kacaurahru]

Gallery information:

The Thakali people are an indigenous ethnic group from Nepal whose rise of power can be dated to the mid-19th century. The Thakalis originate from Thak Khola, north-west of Pokhara, western Nepal. Thy are primarily Buddhist practitioners. The Thakali language represents a branch of the Tibet-Barman family, related to languages such as Gurung and Magar.