Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर देय्; lit. 'Kingdom of the City of Light') was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy[1] of Nepal, centered in the Kathmandu Valley. The name of the kingdom was derived from a Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu.
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Kingdom of Kantipur कान्तिपुर देय् | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1484–1768 | |||||||
| Common languages | Newar | ||||||
| Religion | Hinduism, Buddhism | ||||||
| King | |||||||
• 1484–1520 | Ratna Malla | ||||||
• 1560–1574 | Mahendra Malla | ||||||
• 1735–1768 | Jayaprakash Malla | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1484 | ||||||
| 1768 | |||||||
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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
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