The Sinja Valley is located in the Jumla District in Karnali Province , of Nepal . The valley was the ancient capital city of the Khasa Kingdom and is considered a historically significant place. The valley is also considered as the birthplace of Nepali language .
21-515: The valley houses the ancient capital city of the Khasas that ruled this area from the 12th to the 14th century. Palaces, temples, and the ancient remains of a settlement were uncovered during excavations spearheaded by the Department of Archaeology at Cambridge University . Major finds from the site include a large network of underground pipes that formed a complex water delivery system as well as
42-459: A ring of massive monolithic stone columns circumscribing the settlement. On the cliffs at the valley edge were found some of the earliest written examples of Nepali language . The Khasa kingdom fragmented into twenty-two individual kingdoms after the 14th century, which then remained until Nepal was unified in the 18th century. The founder the Khasa kingdom of Sinja valley was Nagraj. Across from
63-473: A signboard referring it to the reign of King Ashok Challa but as per experts, it could belong to the reign of King Krachalla. The successors of King Nāgarāja adhered to some suffix as -illa and -challa like King Chapilla, King Krachalla. Challa and Malla were titles of kings and princes. Rāulā was the title of a high-ranking official. Personalities like Malayavarma, Medinivarma, Samsarivarma, Balirāja, etc. had title of Rāulā . Mandalesvara or Mandalik
84-457: A strong preference for Hinduism. The Prashasti of Dullu inscription by Pṛthvīmalla shows Buddhist syllables, mantra, and invocations, however, the latter Kanakapatra of Shitushka was fundamentally Hindu . These two inscriptions of King Pṛthvīmalla showed the transition of the state from Buddhism to Hinduism . The reign of King Punya Malla and Prithvi Malla had strict traditional Hindu ritual and customs. A Buddhist-Hindu shrine Kakrebihar has
105-540: Is in the following succession up to Prithvi Malla: The list of rulers of Khasa ( Tibetan : Ya rtse ) Kingdom established by the Tibetologists Luciano Petech , Roberto Vitali and Giuseppe Tucci are: After the siege of Chittorgarh in 1303, large immigration of Rajputs occurred into Nepal. Before it, few small groups of Rajputs had been entering into the region from Muslim invasion of India . These immigrants were quickly absorbed into
126-621: Is quoted as: Oṃ maṇi padme huṃ . Maṃgalama bhavatu śrīpṛthvīmalladevaḥ likhitama idaṃ puṇyaṃ jagatī sidyasyā The languages used by Prithvi Malla in his inscription belongs to 13th century form of modern Nepali. The language of the Khas Kingdom was Khas language and Sanskrit . Some of the earliest Devanagari script examples are the 13th century records from the sites in the former Khasa kingdom. These archaeological sites are located in Jumla, Surkhet and Dailekh districts. Sinja Valley
147-533: The Mahabharata . The Khasas are mentioned in several Indian inscriptions dated between 8th and 13th centuries CE. The Khasa Malla kingdom was feudatory and the principalities were independent in nature. Most of its territory was over the Karnali River basin. In the 12th century, King Nāgarāja conquered the principal Jumla Kingdom of the central Himalayas and overran lands up to Bheri River in
168-584: The Khas community due to larger similarities. Historian and Jesuit Ludwig Stiller considers the Rajput interference to the politics of Khas Kingdom of Jumla was responsible for its fragmentation and he explains: Though they were relatively few in number, they were of higher caste, warriors and of a temperament that quickly gained them the ascendancy in the princedoms in the Jumla Kingdom, their effect on
189-635: The UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 30, 2008 in the Cultural category. Sinja valley - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-03. Khasa Malla kingdom Khasa-Malla kingdom ( Nepali : खस मल्ल राज्य , romanized: Khasa Malla Rājya ), popularly known as Khasa Kingdom ( Nepali : खस राज्य , romanized: Khasa Rājya ) and Yatse ( Wylie : ya rtse ) in Tibetan ,
210-601: The 16th year of his reign defeated the kings of Kirtipur or Kartikeyapur ( Kumaon ) and established his reign east of Mahakali river. Thus, this inscription proves that King Krachalla ascended the throne in Dullu on 1207 A.D. Furthermore, Krachalla described himself as a devout Buddhist ('Parama Saugata') and is mentioned to have won over "Vijayarajya" (realm of victory) and destroyed the demolished city of Kantipura (Kartikeyapur). Ashok Challa had issued several inscriptions in modern-day Bodhgaya , Bihar dated 1255 and 1278. In
231-629: The Bodhgaya copperplate inscription, he refers to himself as "Khasha-Rajadhiraja ("emperor of the Khashas "). There are inscriptions of Ripu Malla on the Ashoka Pillar of Lumbini and Nigalihawa ; the Lumbini pillar bears the name of his son as Sangrama Malla. Prithvi Malla's stone pillar inscription dated 1279 Shaka Samvat (1357 A.D.) at Dullu discovered by Yogi Naraharinath , contains
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#1732773032725252-630: The Hima River there are caves with ancient votive Buddhist chaityas and cliff inscriptions. Even today the ancient rites of the Masto (Shamans) are practiced in many of the stone Dewals or temples. The Sinja Valley was where the Nepali language originates from and the earliest examples of the Devanagari script from the 13th century were found on the cliffs and in nearby Dullu. This site was added to
273-506: The death of Abhaya Malla and formed the Baise rajya confederacy . The earliest Khasa Malla inscription was the copper plate inscription of King Krachalla dated Poush 1145 Shaka Samvat (1223 A.D.) which is in the possession of Baleshwar temple in Sui, Kumaon . This inscription substantiates that King Krachalla (referred as "Paramabhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Shriman Krachalladeva Narapati") on
294-438: The east, Satluj River in the west and Mayum pass of Tibet in the north. King Nāgarāja also referred as Jāveśvara ( Nepali : जावेश्वर ), came from Khāripradeśa (present-day Ngari Province ) and set up his capital at Semjā . The Khas dynasties were originated at 11th century or earlier period. There were two dynasties of Khas one at Guge and other at Jumla. The widely regarded most renowned King of Khasa Malla Kingdom
315-763: The kingdom was centrifugal. Francis Tucker also further states that "the Rajputs was so often guilty of base ingratitude and treachery to gratify his ambition. They were fierce, ruthless people who would stop at nothing." After the late 13th century the Khas empire collapsed and divided into Baise Rajya (22 principalities) in Karnali-Bheri region and Chaubise rajya (24 principalities) in Gandaki region. The 22 principalities were The 24 principalities were Dullu Too Many Requests If you report this error to
336-582: The names of his predecessors. It further states that the Khasa Malla dynasty was founded six generations before Krachalla by Emperor Nagaraja. The inscription further states that Emperor Nagaraja founded the Khasa Malla capital at Seṃjā (or, Siṃjā, Sijā, Sijjā), near modern Jumla . A gold inscription of Prithvi Malla discovered at Jumla, dated 1278 Shaka Samvat (1356 A.D.) mentions " Buddha , Dharma , Sangha " along with " Brahma , Vishnu , Maheshwara ". The inscription of Prithvi Malla on Shitushka in Jumla
357-675: The ruling family were descended from the Tibetan House of Yatse and was gradually Indianised . The Khasa Malla kings ruled western parts of Nepal during 11th–14th century. The 954 AD Khajuraho Inscription of Dhaṇga states that the Khasa Kingdom were equivalent to the Gaudas of Bengal and the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. An ancient tribe named Khasa is mentioned in several ancient legendary Indian texts, including
378-545: Was Prithvi Malla. Prithvi Malla had firmly established the Kingdom around 1413 A.D. The limits of the reign of King Pṛthvīmalla reached the greatest height of the Khas Empire which included Guge , Purang and Nepalese territories up to Dullu in the southwest and Kaskikot in the east. Giuseppe Tucci contends that The Tibetan chronicles show Pṛthvīmalla as the last king of this empire. This kingdom disintegrated after
399-476: Was a medieval kingdom established around the 11th century in regions that are presently in far-western Nepal and parts of Uttarakhand state in India. The origins of the ruling family are disputed with some arguing that the kingdom was ruled by kings of Khasa tribe who bore the family name "Malla" (not to be confused with the later Malla dynasty of Kathmandu). However a growing body of evidence indicates that
420-514: Was a title conferred on powerful persons of the Kingdom. Royal princes, senior officials and defeated Kings were appointed to the post of Mandalesvara . The Dullu stone pillar inscription dated 1279 Shaka Samvat (1357 A.D.) of King Prithvi Malla consists the following names of his predecessors: 1. Krachalla 2. Ashokachalla 3. Jitari Malla 4. Akshaya Malla 5. Ashoka Malla 6. Ananda Malla 7. Ripu Malla 8. Sangrama Malla 9. Jitari Malla 10. Aditya Malla The list of Khas kings mentioned by Giuseppe Tucci
441-511: Was the ancient capital city and powerful town of the Khas Mallas between 12th and 14th century and the centre of origin of Nepali (Khas) language . Most of the initial Khas kings before Pṛthvīmalla were Buddhist . Hinduisation of the kingdom began when King Ripumalla commenced the southward expansion of the kingdom and contacts to India slowly increased. King Pṛthvīmalla always used Buddhist syllables in his inscription though he had
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