Jayasthiti Malla

Jayasthiti Malla
Jayasthiti Malla
King of Nepal
	Portrait of Jayasthiti Malla (r. 1382–1395)
Reign	1382 – 1395
Predecessor
Successor
Born	Nepal
Died	1395; Nepal
Dynasty	Malla

Jayasthitimalla (or Jayasthiti Malla) (Nepali: जयस्थिति मल्ल) was a 14th-century king of Nepal belonging to the Malla dynasty. He is known as the best successor of the whole Malla dynasty. He was of Tirhut origins^[1] and had married granddaughter, who was a queen regent of the Nepal Valley at the time.^[2]^[3]

The early Malla period, a time of continuing trade and the reintroduction of Nepalese coinage, saw the steady growth of the small towns that became Yein Kathmandu, Yala Patan, and Khowpa Bhadgaon. Royal pretenders in Yala and Khowpa struggled with their main rivals, the lords of Bhota: Banepa in the east, relying on the populations of their towns as their power bases. The citizens of Khowpa viewed Devaladevi as the legitimate, independent queen. The betrothal in 1354 of her granddaughter to Jayasthiti Malla, a man of obscure but apparently high birth, eventually led to the reunification of the land and a lessening of strife among the towns.^{[citation needed]}

By 1370 Jayasthiti Malla controlled Yala, and in 1374 his forces defeated those in Bhota and Yangleshö Pharping. He then took full control of the country from 1382 until 1395, reigning in Khowpa as the husband of the queen and in Yala with full regal titles. His authority was not absolute because the lords of Bhota: were able to pass themselves off as kings to ambassadors of the Chinese Ming emperor who traveled to Nepal during this time. Nevertheless, Jayasthiti Malla united the entire valley and its environs under his sole rule, an accomplishment still remembered with pride by Nepalese, particularly Newars. The first comprehensive codification of law in Nepal, based on the dharma of ancient religious textbooks, is ascribed to Jayasthitimalla. This legendary compilation of traditions was seen as the source of legal reforms during the 19th and 20th centuries.^{[citation needed]} He is also the first king to start commercial education in Nepal.^[4]

References[]

^ A history of Nepal, John Whelpton, 2005 (ISBN 0521804701)
^ "The Rising Nepal: Diplomatic Conduct In Lichchhivi, Malla Period Marked With Ups And Downs". therisingnepal.org.np. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ "जयस्थिति मल्लको वंश". www.kantipurdaily.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ "Objective Question-Q11". loksewanepal.com. Tanka KC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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[1] A history of Nepal, John Whelpton, 2005 (ISBN 0521804701)

[2] "The Rising Nepal: Diplomatic Conduct In Lichchhivi, Malla Period Marked With Ups And Downs". therisingnepal.org.np. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[3] "जयस्थिति मल्लको वंश". www.kantipurdaily.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[4] "Objective Question-Q11". loksewanepal.com. Tanka KC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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Jayasthiti Malla
King of Nepal
Portrait of Jayasthiti Malla (r. 1382–1395)
Reign	1382 – 1395
Predecessor
Successor
Born	Nepal
Died	1395 Nepal
Dynasty	Malla