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SHORT HISTORY: The Licchavi (Suryavamsa) dynasty was restored in 643AD; it became known as the Malla dynasty after 1395. The Mallas were the ruling clan of the Malla Mahajanapada. They later shifted to the Kathmandu valley. The kingdom was partitioned following the death of Raja Jayayakshamalla in 1482 into three main states, named after their capitals Bhaktapura (Bhatgaon), Banikapura (Banepa) (which lasted only one generation), and Kantipura (Kathmandu). The kingdom of Lalitapura (Patan) is formed in 1546. In 1768/69, the kingdom was reunited under Gorkha hegemony by the Shah rulers. The term Nepal before 1768 only refers to the Valley of Nepal (now called Kathmandu Valley). The Malla rulers were from three distinct branches and are indicated by (A), (B) and (C) .....
Raja ARIDEVA (A), Raja of Nepal 1201/1216, married and had issue.
Raja Abhaymalla (qv)
Raja RANASURA, Raja of Nepal in 1216
Raja ABHAYAMALLA (A), Raja of Nepal 1216/1235 or 1255, born 1200,
Raja JAYADEVAMALLA (A), Raja of Nepal 1235/1258 or 1255/1260
Raja JAYABHIMADEVA (B), Raja of Nepal 1258/1271, married and had issue.
Yuvaraj Jayaditya Dev, married and had issue. He died in February 1293.
Rajkumar Jaya Shakti Dev
Raja Jayanandadeva (qv)
Raja JAYASIMHAMALLA (A or B), Raja of Nepal 1271/1274
Raja ANANTAMALLA (A or B), Raja of Nepal 1274/1310, he establishes Bhaktapur in 1274; married and had issue.
Raja Jayanandadeva (qv)
Raja JAYANANDADEVA (A or B), Raja of Nepal 1310/1347 (joint)
Raja Jaya RUDRAMALLA (B), Raja of Nepal 1320/1326 (joint), born 1295, proclaimed his independent rule at Bhaktapur, the capital of Nepal; married Rani Devala Devi, and had issue, two sons and one daughter. He died 1326.
Rani Nayaka Devi, married Raja Harischandra of Banares, died 1346, [and/or married Raja Jagatsimha of Simraungarh (Karnataka line)], and had issue.
Rani Rajala Devi, born 1346, married 1354, Raja Jaya Stithimalla (see below), and had issue.
Raja Jaya ARIMALLA (A or B), Raja of Nepal 1320/1344 (joint)
Raja Jaya RAJADEVA (B), Raja of Nepal 1347/1361, married and had issue.
Raja Jaya Arjunamalla (qv)
Raja Jaya ARJUNAMALLA (B), Raja of Nepal 1361/1382, he was overthrown by Raja Jaya Sthiti Malla, from a collateral line, exiled to Benares.
Raja Jaya STITHIMALLA (C), Raja of Nepal 1382/1395, became king of Bhaktapur by virtue of his marriage to Raja Rajala Devi; recognized as King of Nepal by the ministers Kathmandu and Lalitpur, he exiled Arjunamalla to Banepa with full honours; he was the most capable ruler of his dynasty, and curbed the powers of the feudal chiefs; he appears to have done much in forming codes of laws, and introducing caste and its rules amongst the Newars; he assumed the titles of Dayitanarayana and Asuranarayana, he became insane in 1395 and was succeeded by his son; married (amongst others), September 1354 in Bakhtapur, Rani Rajala Devi, daughter of Raja Harischandra of Banares, and his wife, Rani Nayaka Devi, only child of Raja Jaya Rudramalla (see above), and had issue.
Raja Jaya Dharmamalla (qv)
Raja Jaya Kirtimalla (qv)
Raja Jaya Jyotimalla (qv)
Raja Jaya DHARMAMALLA (C), Raja of Nepal 1395/1408 (joint)
Raja Jaya KIRTIMALLA (C), Raja of Nepal 1395/1403 (joint).
Raja Jaya JYOTIMALLA (C), Raja of Nepal 1395/1428, married and had issue.
Raja Jaya Yakshamalla (qv)
Raja Jaya YAKSHAMALLA (C), Raja of Nepal 1428/1482, after his death the kingdom was split into initially three states, only to be reunited by the Raja of Gorkha in 1768-1769, married and had issue, six sons. He died 1482.
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The Kings of Nepal Malla Dynasty 1201 - 1482
Former Princely States of Nepal Various 1482 - 1768
The Kings of Nepal Shah Dynasty 1768 - 2008
The Prime Ministers of Nepal Rana Dynasty 1847 - 1951
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