Kingdom of Kantipur

For other uses, see Kantipur (disambiguation).

Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर देय्; lit. 'Kingdom of the City of Light') was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy 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.

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
• Battle of Kathmandu	1768
Succeeded by 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