The Kirat Region is an area of the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...
in eastern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
which is inhabited by ethnic
Kirati people
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group. They are peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim ...
. Currently
Province No. 1
Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat Autonomous State, Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal, Khambuwan, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Virata, Birat and Koshi River, Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven Provinces of Nepal, province ...
of Nepal has been proposed to be named Kirat Pradesh or Kirat State.
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History
Kirat Kingdom
List of Kirat kings
List of
Kirati
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group. They are peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim ...
kings who ruled in Nepal.
*1.
Yalamber
Yalamber or Yalung, Yalambar, Yalamwar, Yalamver (Nepali: यलम्बर) was a Kirat warrior and first King of Kirata Kingdom in Nepal. He established Kirata Kingdom in 800 B.C.Kirat Yoyakhha His capital was Yalakhom, present day Kathma ...
*2. Pari
*3.
Skandhar
*4. Balamba
*5. Hriti
*6. Humati
*7.
Jitedasti
*8.
Galinja
*9. Oysgja
*10. Suyarma
*11. Papa
*12. Bunka
*13. Swawnanda
*14.
Sthunko
*15. Jinghri
*16. Nane
*17. Luka
*18. Thor
*19. Thoko
*20. Verma
*21. Guja
*22. Pushkar
*23. Keshu
*24. Suja
*25. Sansa
*26. Gunam
*27. Khimbu
*28.
Patuka
*29. Gasti
See also
*
Yakkha Yakkha may refer to:
* Yakkha people, an ethnic group of South Asia
* Yakkha language, a Sino-Tibetan language
* Yaksha
The yakshas ( sa, यक्ष ; pi, yakkha, i=yes) are a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, but sometime ...
*
Sunuwar people
The Sunuwar or Koinch (; ''Sunuwār Jāti'') is a Kirati tribe native to Nepal, parts of India (West Bengal and Sikkim) and southern Bhutan. They speak the Sunuwar language. According to the 2001 census of Nepal, 17% of the tribe follow the Kir ...
*
Limbu people
The Limbu (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) are a Sino-Tibetan indigenous tribe (Bhot-Burmeli) of the Himalayan region of eastern Nepal, Sikkim, and western Bhutan.
The original name of the Limbu is ''Yakthung'' () or ''Yakthum''. Limbu males ar ...
*
Rai people
The Rai are an ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Kirati people, Kirat family and primarily Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman linguistic ethnicity. They mainly reside in the eastern parts of Nepal, the Indian states of Sikkim, West Benga ...
References
Further reading
"Himalayan Kirata," Tripura.org.inOffice of the Nepal Antiquary, ''Nepal Antiquary,''Issue 7, page 22
* C. Iman Singh 2003, ''History and culture of Kirat people'', Kirat Yakthung Chumlung
External links
Proposed ethnic states in 2010 incl. Kirat
History of Nepal
Proposed states of Nepal
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