HISTORY OF NEPAL
500 B.C ~ 1972 A.D
Presentation By Mrigesh Rajbhandari
PREHISTORIC NEPAL
The Kirat Region
Kathmandu Valley
History in Nepal remains sketchy until the fifth
century when the Licchavi rulers began to keep
records.
Civilization And Culture Of Kiratas
(800 B.C.-300 A.D.)
c.563 B.C. - Birth Of Lord Buddha at Lumbini Palace
(Old monuments of Palace at Lumbini )
For the next few centuries, Buddhism spread throughout Nepal.
Tentative Licchavi Periodization
•Early Licchavi 330~550
•Mid Licchavi 550~720
•Late Licchavi 725~880
The Lichchhavi Period
Mana Deva
Shiva Deva
Amsuverma
Hieun-Tseng
Successor of Amsuverma
Narendra Deva
Shiva Deva II
Jaya Deva II
Aramudi
Earliest surviving record from the Licchavis. Most of
the Licchavi records are reports of religious
donations to mainly Hindu temples and the language
of the records is Sanskrit.
7th century - Interruption In the Kingdom
750 – The fall of Licchavis
Nepali Language has been evolved from Sanskrit
Kingdom of the Licchavis, founded sometime
late in the forth century
"Siva and Parvati Set"
ca. 5th-6th century
stone
male figure, standing
ca. 1st-3rd century C.E
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE OF THE LICHCHHAVIS
'Golden Age'
Administration
Foreign Policy
Social Condition
Economic Condition
Judicial System
Religion
Literature
The Thakuri Dynastey
GUNAKAMA DEV
SURYABANSI ( SOLAR DYNASTY ) RAJPUT KINGS
Shivadeva III
Malla Period (1200 - 1769 AD)
Jayasthiti Malla (1354-1395)
Pratap Malla
Jaya Prakash Malla
Ranjit Malla
Middle Period
879 –1178 :
Newar Era
1178 – 1185 – Rule of Somesvaradeva.
1200 – 1216 – Rule of Arimalla.
1345 – 1346- Raid From the South
1382 – 1395 – Rule of Jayasthitimalla
1428 – 1482 – Rule of Yakshamalla
1482 – Nepal was split into three kingdoms
Kathmandu
Bhaktapur
Patan
Malla Palaces at Durbar Square at
Kathmandu
Malla Palaces at Durbar Square at
Patan
Malla Palaces at Durbar Square at
Bhaktapur
TABLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF CERTAIN GUPTA CHARACTERS USED IN NEPALESE INSCRIPTIONS, A.D. 464 through 733
The lower half of a stone slab, 33 cm. wide, north of the Maheśvarí pīṭha, embedded at the eastern side of a former city gate
emplacement on the southern perimeter of the city of Bhaktapur (Fig.4). The broken top of the stele is missing, Date : Saṃvat 31
(A.D. 607).
Translation
[We shall never excuse him]1 who disobeys this order which is a legal edíct. Future kings [also] must give
importance to dharma and do as the honorable ones [former kings] have ordered.
This is the direct order of His Majesty. Here his envoy is Rājaputra Sthitivarmā. Saṃvat 31, second pauṣa śukla
aṣṭamī [eighth day of the bright half of of the repeated month of Pauṣa].
Early Manuscripts
A Newari Mandala From 900 A.D.
Stone Sculptures From The Malla Dynasty
stone sculpture of Lord Vishnu
c.1847 - 1923 Flag of
the Kings
c.1847 - 1923 Flag of
the Rana's
1923 - 12
Dec 1962
Adopted 12
Dec 1962
MODERN PERIOD
Shah Dynasty, Unification of Nepal
THE MAKING OF MODERN NEPAL
Gorkha Kingdom
Prithvi Narayan Shah The Great (reigned 1743-75),
Conquest of Bhaktapur
Conquest of Patan
Conquest of Kathmandu
The Expansion of Nepal
KING PRATAP SINGH SHAH
KING RANA BAHADUR SHAH
Struggle for Power
RAJENDRA LAXMI
BAHADUR SHAH
KING RANA BAHADUR SHAH
The Expansion of Nepal
1791-92
Nepal defeated in war with China
The Anglo-Nepalese War
Preparation for War
(The British Army Each Year recruit thousands of Gorkhalis From Nepal to British Acadamys)
Nepal’s War with British
Battle of Khalanga
Battle of Jaithak
Battle of Parsa
Battle of Geetjarh
Battle of Gadwan
Battle of Deuthal
TREATY OF SUGAULI, 1815
(Current day Nepal after reduction of Nepal’s Boarder
according to “Treaty Of Sugauli”)
Nepal’s First Appointed Prime Minister
BHIMSEN THAPA
REFORMS OF BHIMSEN THAPA
FALL OF BHIMSEN THAPA
Sinha Pratap Shah Deva
01.1775-12.1777
Rana Bahadur Shah Deva
01.1778-1799
Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva
03.1799-1804
Rana Bahadur Shah Deva (2nd
time)
1804-1805
Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva
(2nd time)
1805-20.11.1816
Rajendra Bikram Shah Deva
12.1816-1847
Surendra Bikram Shah Deva
12.05.184717.05.1881
Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah Deva
(1875-1911)
17.05.188111.12.1911
Rise of Ranas (Dark Age)
Kot Massacre
Bhandarkhal Massacre
The Alou Event
King Surendra Bikram Shah
Janga Bahadur Rana
Second Nepal-Tibet War
Terms of Thapathali treaty
Reforms of Jang Bahadur Rana
King Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah
Rana Uddip Singh
Dhir Sumsher
Bir Sumsher
Deva Sumsher
Chandra Sumsher
Balkrishna Sama’s hypothetical painting of all nine Rana prime ministers
Hanuman Dhoka Palace, the old royal palace, Kathmandu
The gilded copper Sun Dhoka gate, built in 1753, in Durbar Square, at the
medieval city of Bhaktapur. The gate, which is the entrance to the main
courtyard palace and the Taleju Bhavani Temple, is flanked by a small shrine of the Rana period.
Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Shah Deva
(2nd time)
07.01.195113.03.1955
King Tribhuwan and Fall of Rana
King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah's Ascend to throne
Bhim Shumsher
Reforms of Bhim Shumsher
Juddha Shumsher
Juddha Shumsher and the second world war
The beginning of revolution against the Ranas :
Reforms of Juddha Shumsher
Padma Shumsher
Political agitations during Padma Shumsher's rule
Reforms of Padma Shumsher
Mohan Shumsher
Arya samaj
The Gorkha League
Nagarik Adhikar Samiti:
Praja parisad:
The Nepali congress :
The Biratnagar hartal :
The Jogbani conference :
Jayantu Sanskritum
The Nepali Praja Panchayat :
The Bairagania Resolution:
Leaving the palace by king Tribhuvan:
The armed revolution:
The Delhi agreement:
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva
(1920-1972)
14.03.195531.01.1972
King Mahendra
King Mahendra's early life
Political situation
Political reforms
Tank Prasad Acharya's Ministry
Dr.k.i. Singh's Ministry
The united front Ministry
Constitution of the kingdom of
Nepal,1959
First general election
Bishweswar prasad Koirala's Ministery
Introduction of the Panchayat system
Administrative reforms
Economic reforms
Social reforms
Foreign policy
Bibliography
http://www.countryreports.org/history/nepahist.htm
http://www.nepalhomepage.com/general/history.html
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~rotto/history.html
http://www.thamel.com/htms/history.htm
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nepal
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0859925.html
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