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Licchavi of Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||
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| c. 450 CE–c. 750 CE | |||||||||||||||||||
![Coinage of Licchavi king Amshuverma (605–621 CE). Obverse: winged lion, with Brahmi legend Śri Amśurvarma "Lord Amshurvarma". Reverse: Bull with Brahmi legend Kāmadēhi ("Incarnation of Kāma").[1] of Licchavi](view_image.php?q=Licchavis_of_Nepal&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Amshuverma_of_Nepal.jpg) Coinage of Licchavi king Amshuverma (605–621 CE). Obverse: winged lion, with Brahmi legend Śri Amśurvarma "Lord Amshurvarma". Reverse: Bull with Brahmi legend Kāmadēhi ("Incarnation of Kāma").[1]
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Fragmented South Asian polities circa 600 CE, after the retreat of the Alchon Huns.[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Government | monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Established | c. 450 CE | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 750 CE | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||
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Obverse: Kumaradeva and Chandragupta standing, legend to the left Śrī Kumāradevā, to the right
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Cha-ndra/gu-pta vertically.Reverse: Goddess seated on lion, with the legend
𑁊 Li-ccha-va-yah.[3]The Licchavis of Nepal (also Lichchhavi, Lichavi) was a kingdom which existed in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal from approximately 450 CE to 750 CE. The Licchavi clan originated from the Licchavis of Vaishali in modern-day Bihar,[4] and conquered the Kathmandu Valley.[5][6] The Licchavis were ruled by a maharaja, aided by a prime minister and other royal officials, but in practice local communities were controlled by caste councils.[7]
The ruling period of this dynasty was called the Golden Period of Nepal. A table of the evolution of certain Gupta characters used in Licchavi inscriptions prepared by Gautamavajra Vajrācārya can be found online.[8]
- ^ Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) (1924). The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Oxford : Clarendon Press. p. Plate 2.
- ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 26,146. ISBN 0226742210.
- ^ Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 8.
- ^ Journal. 1902.
- ^ Kaplan, Robert B.; Baldauf, Richard B. (2008). Language Planning and Policy in Asia: Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 978-1-84769-095-1.
- ^ India), Asiatic Society (Kolkata (1902). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Asiatic Society of Bengal.
- ^ Anil Kathuria, ed. (2007). Encyclopaedia of Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet: Nepal. Anoml Publications. p. 32.
- ^ "Gautamavajra Vajrācārya, "Recently Discovered Inscriptions of Licchavi Nepal", Kathmandu Kailash - Journal of Himalayan Studies. Volume 1, Number 2, 1973. (pp. 117-134)". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2006.