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HISTORY OF NEPAL.
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24. Udayadêvavarman, son of 23 35 years. 25. Mânadêvavarman, son of 24 35 26. Gunakâmadêvavarman, son of 25, 30 27. Śivadêvavarman, son of 26, made Dê v apatana a large town, and transferred the seat of government thither. He restored the Sakta rites and became a bhikshu. His son, Punyadêvavarman followed his example.............. 51 years. 28. Narendradêvavarman, eldest son of 27,15 42 years.
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29. Bhimadêvavarman, son of 28...... 36 30. Vishnudêvavarman, son of 29...... 47 31. Viśvadêvavarman, son of 30, gave his daughter to Amsuvarman of the Th & kuri race. In his time Vikramaditya came to Nepal and established his era there...... 51 years.
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VI. THAKURI DYNASTY.
1. Am suvarman, son-in-law to the last Suryavamét king, crowned in Kaliyuga 3000 or . 101 B. C., transferred the seat of government to Madhyalakhu.16 Vibhuvarman built an aqueduct with seven spouts and placed on it an inscription (Ind. Ant. vol. IX, p. 171, No. 8.) 68 years. 2. Kritavarman, son of 1 ...... 87 93 ***************
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3. Bhimârjuna, son of 2 4. Nandadêva, son of 3, in his reign the era of Salivahana was introduced in Nepal... 25 years.
5. Viradêva, son of 4, was crowned in Kaliyuga 3400 or 299 A. D., founded Lalitapattana, naming it after a grass-seller Lalita; built a tank and watercourses, as well as temples, Lingas, etc., which were called Manitalão, and so forth, after the king's ishṭadévata, Maniyogini. .95 years.
6. Chandrakêtudêva, son of 5,7 sorely oppressed by his enemies and plundered.
7. Narendradêva, son of 6, built the Tirthavihára near Lômri-dêvi and gave it to Bandhudatta Acharya, his father's spiritual guide. The first two of his three sons, Padmadêva, Ratnadêva and Varadôva became ascetics, while the third succeeded his father, who before his death retired into the Alag or Ak-bahâl (vihara).
8. Varadêva, son of 7, removed the seat of government to Lalitapaṭṭana. Sankaracharya came to Nepal. In Kaliyuga 3623 Avalokitesvara came to Nepal.15
9. Sankaradeva, son of 8
12 years.
My MS. reads Udayakhadeva, but Dr. Wright's reading, which agrees with Kirkpatrick's, is preferable. 15 Brother of 28, according to Wright and Kirkpatrick. 18 But see the inscriptions which are dated from Kai1Asakata.
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1 My MS. of the Varsavalt gives no years for this king and the next. Dr. Wright gives 7 and 8 respectively. Chandrakêtudêva's name is not given in Kirkpatrick's lists. See Ind. Ant. vol. VII, p. 90.
10. Vardhamânadêva, son of 9, built the town. of Sankhul and dedicated it to Ugratârâdêvi .13 years.
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11. Balidèva, son of 10
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12. Jayadeva, son of 11 13. Bâlârjunadêva, son of 12............ 17 14. Vikramadêva, son of 13 12 ********** 15. Gunakâmadêva, son of 14, built K antipura, the modern Kåt mân du, at the junction of the rivers Vågmati and Vishnumati in Kaliyuga 3824 or 723 A. D., and the village of Thâm bhôl, where Vikrama's old vihára stood, as well as 51 years. many temples 8
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16. Bhôjadêva, son of 15 17. Lakshmikâmadêva, son of 16...... 22 20 18. Jayakâmadêva, son of 17.......
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As he was childless, he was succeeded by a member of the
VII. NAVAKOT THAKURI DYNASTY.
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1. Vâmadêva.
2. Harshadêva, son of 1.
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1. Bhaskaradêva.
2. Baladôva, son of 1.
S. Padmadêva, son of 2.
4. Nagarjunadêva, son of 3.
5. Sankaradêva, son of 4; in his reign a widow
ed Brahmani of K&phi in Gauda, who lived in the village of Jhal in Nepal, caused a MS. of the Prajñd-páramitd to be written with golden letters in Samvat 245.0
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After his death, Vâmadêva, a collateral descendant of A máu varman's family, assisted by the chiefs in Lalitapaṭṭana and Kantipura, expelled the Nav&kot Thakuris and drove them back to their original seat. With him beginsVIII. THE SECOND THAKURI DYNASTY OF AMSUVARMAN.
3. Sadasivadêva, son of 2; built Kirtipura on a hill south-west of Kåt mån du and a new golden roof for Pasupati's temple in Kaliyuga 3851 or 750 A. D. He introduced coins of copper alloyed with iron, marked with the figure of a lion.
4. Mânadêva, son of 3, became an ascetic in the Chakravihara......... 10 years. 5. Narasimhadêva, son of 4...... 22 33 6. Nandadôva, son of 5.......... 21
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7. Rudradeva, son of 6, became a Buddhist monk
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13 The passage of the Vamsávali runs as follows:atitakalivarsheshu súnyadvandvarasâgnishu nepalé vijayati sriman dryâralokitesvarah
19 Dr. Wright attributes this to Sankaradêva.
30 A Bauddha told me that such a MS., dated Samvat a pta shka, i. e. 244, exists at present in the HiranyaVaravihara at Lalitapattana. The era is, probably, the Nepalese era of 880.
si Seven years, according to Dr. Wright.
