Kingdom of Kantipur
Kingdom of Kantipur | |||||||||
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| 1482–1768 | |||||||||
 Coin of King Jaya Prakash Malla with coin legend in the Newar script, 1753 CE. | |||||||||
| Common languages | Newar (official) Sanskrit (religious) | ||||||||
| Religion | Newar Hinduism and Newar Buddhism | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1482–1520 | Ratna Malla | ||||||||
• 1560–1574 | Mahendra Malla | ||||||||
• 1735–1768 | Jaya Prakash Malla | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1482 | ||||||||
| 1768 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Nepal | ||||||||
Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर राज्य, Kāntipura Rājya) was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy[1] of Nepal, centered in the Kathmandu Valley. It was established in 1482 after King Yaksha Malla died and his sons divided the valley into four kingdoms: Kantipur, Bhaktapur, Patan, and Banepa.[2][3] The name of the kingdom was derived from a Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu.
List of kings
- Ratna Malla (1482–1520), son of Yakshya Malla, king of Nepal
- Surya Malla (1520–1530), his son
- Amara Malla (1530–1560), his son
- Mahendra Malla (1560–1574), his son
- Sadashiva Malla (1574–1578), his son
- Siva Simha Malla (1578–1619), his brother
- Lakshmi Narasimha Malla (1619–1641), his grandson
- Pratap Malla (r. 1641–1674), his son
- Nripendra Malla (1674–1680), his son
- Parthibendra Malla (1680–1687), his brother
- Bhupalendra Malla (1687–1700), his son
- Bhaskara Malla (1700–1722), his son, also king of Lalitpur (1717–1722) under the name Mahindrasimha Malla
- Jagajjaya Malla (1722–1736), great-grandson of Pratap Malla
- Jaya Prakash Malla (1736–1746), his son
- Jyoti Prakash Malla (1746–1750)
- Jaya Prakash Malla (1750–1769), restored
See also
- Kathmandu Metropolitan City, District, and Valley
- Kingdom of Lalitpur or Patan
- Kingdom of Bhaktapur or Bhadgaon
References
Citations
- ↑ "three medieval kingdom of kathmandu valley".
- ↑ Lall 1994, p. 60.
- ↑ Josephson 1988, p. 88.
Bibliography
- Lall, Kesar (1994). Folk Tales from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal: Tales of Three Brothers. Ratna Pustak Bhandar.
- Josephson, Richard (1988). Nepal Mandala. R. Josephson.
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