Loka Prakash Malla Explained

Loka Prakash Malla
Succession:King of Patan
Reign:1705–1706
Predecessor:Yoga Narendra Malla
Successor:Indra Malla
Birth Date:c. 1697
Birth Place:Nepal
Death Date:1706
Spouse:Bhagyavati
Mother:Yogamati
Dynasty:Malla

Loka Prakash Malla, also known as Lokaprakash, (Nepali: लोकप्रकाश मल्ल) was a Malla dynasty king and the King of Patan. He succeeded Yoganarendra Malla as the king in 1705 and reigned for a brief period of eleven months.[1] [2]

Life

Lokaprakash was the son of Yogamati, the daughter of Yoganarendra Malla. Yoganarendra had died without any heirs and the feudal lords of Patan installed Lokaprakash as the ruler.[3] Since Lokaprakash was an infant, his mother was influential in the kingdom. Lokaprakash died after eleven months of reign due to smallpox and was succeeded by Indra Malla, the son of a sister of Yoganarendra Malla.[4]

References

  1. Book: Shaha, Rishikesh . Ancient and Medieval Nepal . University of Cambridge . Kathmandu, Nepal . 75 . English.
  2. Burleigh . Peter . 16 February 2022 . A Chronology of Later Kings of Patan . . 50–51.
  3. Book: Shrestha . D.B. . The History of Ancient and Medieval Nepal . Singh . C.B. . . 1972 . 1st . Kathmandu . 59 . English.
  4. Regmi . Mahesh C. . Regmi Research Series . German Oriental Society . 5 . 202 .