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Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · IND LEFT · NPL RIGHT

1. c. 450 CE

   Rise of the Licchavi dynasty

   The Licchavis establish the first well-documented dynasty of the Kathmandu Valley, using Sanskrit, minting coins and linking India and Tibet by trade.

   Formation · from the Nepal chronicle · Ancient Kingdoms: Kirata and Licchavi · REFS 2 — Licchavi era, Nepal — History (Himalayas, Monarchy, Unification)

2. c. 1482

   Valley divided into three kingdoms

   Yaksha Malla partitions the valley among his sons, founding the rival city-states of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, which compete over Tibet–India trade.

   Politics & Power · from the Nepal chronicle · The Malla City-States and the Valley of Art · REFS 2 — Yaksha Malla, Malla era

3. 1814–16

   Anglo-Nepalese War

   A border dispute with British India erupts into the Gurkha War; Nepali resistance is fierce but the East India Company prevails.

   War & Rupture · from the Nepal chronicle · Gorkha Unification and the British War · REFS 2 — Anglo-Nepalese War, Treaty of Sagauli (Sugauli), 1816