Kantipur (from kanti ''light'', pur ''city'') was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy of

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 ma ...

. The name of the kingdom was derived from the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion ...

name of its capital city, now known as

Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Prov ...

History

The kingdom started after king

Jayayakshya Malla Jayayakshya Malla (often named Yaksha Malla for short) ( ne, यक्ष मल्ल) was a Malla Dynasty king of Nepal from around 1428 to 1482. He enlarged the boundaries of Nepal and developed infrastructure. He divided his lands among his s ...

divided his kingdom so that his sons could be the rulers of their own kingdom. After its formation, the kingdom replaced

Bhaktapur , motto = ne, पुर्खले सिर्जेको सम्पत्ती, हाम्रो कला र संस्कृति , lit=Creation of our ancestors, our heritage and culture , image_map ...

as the main trading center.

References

1826 disestablishments States and territories established in 1484 Malla dynasty Newar Former countries in South Asia Empires and kingdoms of Nepal 15th-century establishments in Nepal {{Nepal-hist-stub

History

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