Medieval Nepal Part 2 – History of Three Kingdoms 1520 to 1768 (1966)

1106 Pages·1966·47.951 MB·English

by  D. R. Regmi

MEDIEVAL NEPAL
A History of the Three Kingdoms I520 A.D. to 1768 A.O.
PART D l
D. R. REGMI
M.A. (Patna), M.Litt (Madras), Ph.D. (Patna)
FIRMA K. h. MUKHOPADHYAY
CALCUTTA 3 966
Published by Firma K, L. Mukhopadhyay, 61 1 A, Banchharam Akrur
Lane, Calcutta, India, and printed at Calcutta Oriental Press
Private Ltd., 9, Panchanan Ghose Lane, Calcutta-9
First Edition 1966
@ D. K. Regmi,
Kathmandu
Nepal
Price Rs. 60.00
DEDICATED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
HIS LATE MAJESTY
KING TRIBHUVANA VIRA
VIKRAMA SHAH DEVA
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The Manuscript of "Medieval Nepal" had reached us
sometime in June of 1961. We, however, regret to announce
that on account of unavoidable circurnsta~cest he book is now
being brought out after some delay.
August, 1966.
PREFACE
This is Part I1 of Medieval Nepal. which deals with
the History of Nepal as it was then politically divided into
two or more sovereign kingdoms for nearly 250 years pntil
1768 A.D.
This volume has six chapters, the last of which describes
the social and economic condition of the later medieval
period.
We have reproduced as appendices all texts of select
inscriptions on stones and copper plates, select documents
of land grant or sale deeds on palm leaves, the eight copies of
Thyiisapu, chronological notices and similar records, which
are used as source materials for our history,
In the preparation of this work I have obtained help from
so many individuals, to whom my thanks are due. In parti-
cular I am indebted to Mr. H. B. Gurung for the map, to
Mr. Shubha Bir Pandey for typing the manuscript and
laboriously undertaking allied duties and to the publisher
for the publication of the work.
H. E. Field Marshal Kaisar Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana
put me under deep obligation by allowing me to use
his personal library, and I cannot but express my gratitude
to him.
I also thank the librarians of Bir Library and the
National Library in Kathmandu as well as the Curator of
the Nepal Museum for enabling me make use of the many
colopho~d~a ta and other materials in their collections and
reproduce then] in the present text.
1st June, 1961
Kathmandu
Nepal.
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CONTENT'S
Publishers' Note
Preface
Chapter I
Introductory
I
...
The Baisi, Chaubisi and three States of the Vatley
I1
Source Materials .. . ...
111
... ...
The Background
Chapter I1
Kingdom of Kathmandu
..
.
Ratnamalla
...
Siir y amalla
-
...
Amaramalla
.. .
Narendramalla
Mahendramalla .. .
...
Sadiiiivamalla
...
Sivasimha
Kathmandu once again divided
Lak+minarasidlhamalla ...
... .. .
Bhimamalla
viii MEDlEVAL NEPAL
Pagel
111
.. . . .. . ...
Pratapamalla 64
a:
Introduction of the Parbatiyii language in the Epigraphy 82
.. . ... ... ...
Judicial reforms 83
...
Pratiipa's relation with Patan and Bhatgaon 85
...
Pratiipa's Relation with the Moghuls of India 88
Age of Regents and Chautaras
.. .
Ngpendramalla
.. .
Piirthivendramalla
B hiipalendramalla
...
B hiiskaramalla
.. .
Mahindrasimha
v
New Dynasty
Jagajjayamalla
*.
Jayapraksiamalla
Chapter 111
Kingdom of Bhatgaon
I
...
Rsyamalla to Jagajj yotirmalla
.. . ...
Riiyamalla ...
.. . ... .. .
Priinamalla
.. . .. . .. .
Visvamalla
Regency of Gangsrani and Trailokyamalla
... ... .. .
Jagajjyotirmalla
-
11
NareSamalla ... .. . .. .
.. . ..., ...
Jagiitprakiiiamalla
...
...
Jitiimitramalla ...
CONTENTS
Page
.. .
Bhiipatindramalla
.
Rana jitamalla ..
Chapter 1V
Kingdom of Patan
I
..
Patan Before Sivasirhha .
Vignusimha .. ...
...
...
Purandarasimba
I I
...
Sivasimha and His Successors ... 268
... ... .. .
Siddhinarasimhamalla 268
111
... .. . ... ...
Srinivasamalla 282
SrinivZisa's Abdication and Crowcling of Yoganarendra 310
Yoganarendramalla
Age of Iufant kings and Powerful Regents
...
Lokaprakasa
Indramalla >..
. .
Viranarasixkha .
Mahendramalla .. .
Hgddhinarasifiha
VI
Patan. Kathmandu United under on2 Ruler
VII
Last Forty-five years of Patan's Iudependent Existence