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Kingdom of Kantipur. Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर देय्; lit. '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.
Old Bengali was the earliest recorded form of the Bengali language, spoken in the Bengal region of eastern Indian subcontinent during the Middle Ages. It developed from a Apabhraṃśa of Magadhi Prakrit around 650 AD, and the first Bengali literary works date from the 8th century.
The first Bangla books to be printed were those written by Christian missionaries. Dom Antonio's Brahmin-Roman-Catholic Sambad, for example, was the first Bangla book to be printed towards the end of the 17th century. Bangla writing was further developed as Bengali scholars wrote textbooks for Fort William College. Although these works had ...
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 in 1722. [1][2]
Lakshmi Narasimha Malla (also spelled Lakshminarasimha or Laxminarasimha) (Nepali: लक्ष्मी नरसिङ्ग मल्ल) was a Malla ruler and the seventh king of Kantipur. He was the youngest son of Harihara Simha and succeeded his grandfather Shivasimha Malla in 1619 as the King of Kantipur. [1] [2]
Bhupalendra Malla (Nepali: भुपालेंद्र मल्ल) was a Malla ruler and the eleventh king of Kantipur. He succeeded his father Parthibendra Malla in 1687 as the King of Kantipur. [1]
Reign. On the death of his father in 1482, he and his brothers attempted to rule collegially. However, Ratna Malla decided to become an independent ruler and created the Kingdom of Kantipur, with its capital in Kathmandu, in 1484. [2] He was the first Nepalese king to invite Kashmiri Muslim traders to Kathmandu. [3]
Contents. List of Bengali-language authors (alphabetical) (clockwise from top to bottom :) The oldest bengali script The charyapada (top), Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bottom right), Rabindranath Tagore (Bottom left). This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors.