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Kingdom of Kantipur. Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर देय्, "Kingdom of the City of Light") was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy [1] 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.
Pratap Malla. Pratap Malla (1624–1674 A.D.) was a Malla king and the eighth King of Kantipur from 1641 until his death in 1674. He attempted to unify Kathmandu Valley by conquering Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, but failed in the effort. He was successful in extending and securing the borders of Kantipur and was responsible for the monopoly over ...
Bhupalendra Malla. Mother. Bhuwanalakshmi. Bhaskara Malla (also known as Mahindrasimha Malla) ( Nepali: भास्कर मल्ल) was a Malla ruler and the twelfth king of Kantipur. He succeeded his father Bhupalendra Malla in 1700 as the King of Kantipur and also ruled Patan under the name Mahindrasimha Malla from 1717 until his death ...
Chandimangal. The Chandimangal (Bengali: চণ্ডীমঙ্গল) is an important subgenre of mangalkavya, the most significant genre of medieval Bengali literature. The texts belonging to this subgenre eulogize Chandi or Abhaya, primarily a folk goddess, but subsequently identified with Puranic goddess Chandi. This identification was ...
The Bengali Wikipedia now has 158,131 articles on various topics with 1,205 active editors per month. As of January 2019, Bengali Wikipedia is the only online free encyclopedia written in the Bengali language. [29] [30] It is also one of the largest Bengali content related sites on the internet. [31]
Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba is a book on the history of ancient Bengal and Bengalis written by Niharranjan Ray.It was published in 1949 by The Book Emporium.The subject of the book is the history of the Bengalis and the homeland of the Bengalis; especially the past society, culture and economic life.
A rift developed over the question of the national language. [126] The Bengali Language Movement was a political effort in Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan), advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan. Such recognition would allow Bengali to be used in government affairs.
Kantipur and Patan, with the help of Gorkha, attacked Bhadgaon several times during the reign of Vishnu Malla which suggests that the influence of Gorkha had started to become obvious in the valley. [49] Vishnu Malla had appointed Rajya Prakash Malla, his brother-in-law, who was expelled by his brother Jaya Prakash Malla from Kantipur, as his heir.