Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal

Kingdom Level 2

c. 400 CE – c. 750 CE

Classical Nepal kingdom known from its Sanskrit inscriptions.

🗺 See on map in 575 CE

Capital: Kathmandu valley
Region: Himalaya
Duration: 350 years
Main period: Gupta Empire & Regional Powers

Approximate extent.

Rulers

Manadeva I King
Changu Narayan inscription.
c. 464 CE – c. 505 CE
Amshuverma King
c. 605 CE – c. 621 CE

Selected rulers; gaps in the list are not gaps in the dynasty.

Key events

Year	Event	Place
c. 464 CE	Manadeva I's Changu Narayan inscription Earliest dated inscription of Nepal.	Changu Narayan

Sites & monuments

Swayambhunath

Religious monument · c. 450 CE

📚 Recommended reading on the Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal

Reference

A History of Nepal

John Whelpton · Cambridge University Press

A concise, reliable history of Nepal from the Gorkha unification to the republic.

General reading

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Contemporaries

Powers that coexisted with the Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal for a significant part of its history.

Anuradhapura Kingdom ★

Sri Lanka · c. 437 BCE – c. 1017

Gupta Empire ★

Gangetic Plain · c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE

Pallava Dynasty ★

South · c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE

Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty ★

North · c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE

Chalukyas of Badami ★

Deccan · c. 543 CE – c. 753 CE

Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari ★

West · c. 650 CE – c. 1194

Kalabhra Interregnum

South · c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE

Vakataka Dynasty

Deccan · c. 250 CE – c. 500 CE

Kadamba Dynasty

South · c. 345 CE – c. 525 CE

Western Ganga Dynasty

South · c. 350 CE – c. 1000

Northeast · c. 350 CE – c. 1140

Alchon Huns (Hunas)

Northwest · c. 460 CE – c. 560 CE

Maitraka Dynasty

West · c. 475 CE – c. 776 CE

Rai Dynasty of Sindh

Northwest · c. 489 CE – c. 632 CE

Later Guptas of Magadha

East · c. 490 CE – c. 750 CE

Maukhari Dynasty

Gangetic Plain · c. 550 CE – c. 606 CE

Gauda Kingdom (Shashanka)

East · c. 590 CE – c. 626 CE

Pandya Kingdom (First Empire)

South · c. 590 CE – c. 920 CE

Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

Deccan · c. 624 CE – c. 1075

Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir

North · c. 625 CE – c. 855 CE

Brahmin Dynasty of Sindh (Chach)

Northwest · c. 632 CE – c. 712 CE

Turk Shahis

Northwest · c. 665 CE – c. 822 CE

Kalachuris of Tripuri

Central · c. 675 CE – 1212

Umayyad Caliphate — Sindh province

Northwest · c. 712 CE – c. 750 CE