Sunday, April 4, 2010

Early Age of Nepal

The history of Nepal dates from the early times when the Gautam Buddha was born in Nepal. The Birthplace of the Gautam Buddha in Nepal is clearly defined by the Emperor Ashoka during that time. The Nepal now the in the different way from the monarchial system has been ruled by the Shah Kings. The shah kings were from the Gorkha where they started to rule. At the early time the Nepal was not the single Kingdom, it was divided in the Baise Rajya and Chaubise Rajya; which was later unified by the Shah King- Prithivi narayan Shah. However, during the age from the birth of Buddha and the shah kings the different events are found in the history of Nepal in evident that it was ruled by various dynasties. The various important events in the history of Nepal are briefly listed below:

Chronology of Important Events of Early Nepal.


ca. 563 B.C. :Gautam Buddha born in Lumbini, Western Nepal.

400-750 A.D. : The Licchavi dynasty ruled in the Kathmandu Valley.

1100-1484 A.D. : Khasa Malla kings ruled in the western Nepal.

1200-16 A.D. : Malla dynasty ruled in Kathmandu Valley. Arimalla recorded as the first malla King in The Valley.

1382-95 A.D. : Jayasthitimalla ruled as king of united Malla kingdom in Kathmandu Valley.

1428-82A.D. : Yakshamalla reigns - height of united Malla kingdom.

1484 A.D. : Malla kingdom divided; three kingdoms of Kathmandu, Bhadgaon, and Patan established.

1559 A.D. : Gorkha kindgom established by Dravya Shah.

1606-33 A.D. : Ram Shah of Gorkha reigns; Gorkha kindgom experiences first expansion.

1743 A.D. : Prithvi Narayan Shah, the unifer if Nepal Kingdom ascends to throne of Gorkha.

1768-90 A.D. : Gorkha conquers Kathmandu and Patan, Bhadgaon, eastern Nepal, and western Nepal.

1775 A.D. : Death of Prithvi Narayan Shah, first king of united Nepal.


Ref: http://www.nepalhomepage.com/general/history.html

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