Sacred Art of Nepal is not a catalogue of Nepalese Museum or Art Gallery. The paubhas and thankas produced here are samples of Newar artists' contributions in the past as well as the present. We have produced here some paubhas (Newar) and thankas (ethnic Tibetan) from contemporary artists, which give us a picture and scene that had been transmitted since more than a thousand years ago. The casual reader may find it difficult to differentiate paubha from thanka.

This notion is a gross mistake. Not all the paintings by Nepali artists are of that kind. It is because they are not familiar with genuine Nepali artists on whom they comment.

Paubha or thanka painting is one of the many cultural traditions which were handed down from generation to generation till today. It seems that exemplars of these traditions are well-received by westerners.