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Kumaon Kingdom. Location of the Kumaon Kingdom, and main South Asian polities in 1175, on the eve of the Ghurid Empire invasion of the subcontinent. [ 1 ] Kumaon Kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in Kumaon, a region located in the eastern part of the present-day Uttarakhand state of India.
Nepal. The Katyuri Kingdom (or Katyuri dynasty) was a medieval Hindu ruling clan of Khasa origin [4][note 1] that ruled over the regions in Uttarakhand in India and western Nepal from 700 to 1200 CE. The founder of this dynasty, King Vasu Dev was originally a Buddhist ruler, but later he started following Hindu practices sometimes attributed to ...
History of Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state in North India, nestled between the Tibetan Plateau and the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The name, which means "northern land" or "section" or "northern part" in Sanskrit was made popular in the 80s as part of the wider statehood struggle within the region. Present day Uttarakhand comprises the ...
The royal dynasty of Garhwal started with Kanak Pal. Garhwal Kingdom was founded in 823 AD, [1] when Kanak Pal, the prince of Malwa (present day Madhya Pradesh), on his visit to the Badrinath Temple, met Raja Bhanu Pratap, the ruler of Chandpur Garhi, one of the 52 Garhs of Garhwal. Raja Bhanu Pratap had no sons.
The Chand dynasty was a Hindu Rajput dynasty that ruled the Kumaon area in present-day Uttarakhand state of India, after the decline of the Katyuri rule. [3] At times, their rule also extended to the western parts of present-day Nepal. [4] Somchand established the dynasty, establishing his capital at Rajbunga in present-day Champawat.
Garhwali Rajputs, Rajputs of Nepal. Kingdom (original) Kumaon Kingdom. Kumaoni Rajput (Kumaoni:कुमाउनी राजपूत, Sanskrit:राजपुत्र), also referred to as Thakur, Rajput or Kshetri is a caste of Kshatriya Rajputs who held considerable power in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, from around the 4th century ...
The Katyuri dynasty was a ruling Hindu dynasty of Khasha origin [14] and was founded by Vashudev Katyuri. they established their kingdom and called it Kurmanchal kingdom, they dominated lands of varying extent from the 'Katyur' (modern day Baijnath) valley in Kumaon, between 7th and 11th centuries AD, and established their capital at Baijnath ...
According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttarakhand has a population of 10,086,292 comprising 5,137,773 males and 4,948,519 females, with 69.77% of the population living in rural areas. The state is the 20th most populous state of the country having 0.83% of the population on 1.63% of the land.