Four stupas around the city of Patan that are said to have been erected by a Charumati, a purported daughter of the Maurya emperor Ashoka, in the third century BCE, attest to the ancient history present within the valley.
Catro stupas en torno á cidade de Patan, que se di que foron erixidas por Charumati, unha filla do emperador Maurya Ashoka, no século III a. de C., testemuñan a historia antiga presente no val.