THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 400–879

Licchavi kingdom of Nepal

The kingdom centred on the Kathmandu Valley; settlement reached east towards Banepa, west towards Tistung and north-west towards Gorkha. Dates c.

400–879; the dynasty was followed by the Thakuris. Tibet claimed overlordship in the mid-7th century.

See Licchavi kingdom of Nepal on the map in 490

On the map
400–879
Capital
Kathmandu Valley

Rulers named in the sources

South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE

Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.

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