Native Name: | कान्तिपुर देय् |
Conventional Long Name: | Kingdom of Kantipur |
Common Name: | Kantipurcountry_id = Nepal001 |
Year Start: | 1484 |
Event End: | Battle of Kathmandu |
Year End: | 1768 |
S1: | Kathmandu |
Flag S1: | Flag of Kathmandu, Nepal.svg |
Common Languages: | Newar |
Religion: | Hinduism, Buddhism |
Leader1: | Ratna Malla |
Year Leader1: | 1484–1520 |
Leader2: | Mahendra Malla |
Year Leader2: | 1560–1574 |
Leader3: | Jayaprakash Malla |
Year Leader3: | 1735–1768 |
Title Leader: | King |
Kantipur (from kanti light, pur city) was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy[1] of Nepal, sentered around the Kathmandu Valley. The name of the kingdom was derived from the Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu.