Patan - Pubhu-Kathmandu Road

The Lubhu-Kathmandu road, cutting diagonally through Patan, is believed to follow the line of the original trade route. Konti and Cyasah squares, hiatuses in the strict grid pattern of the city's streets, were probably village nuclei on either side of the old road, which ran along the plateau 15 m (49 ft) or so above the Bagmati's alluvial plain.