History of Limbuwan

History of Limbuwan shows the history and political development of the people of Limbuwan until their unification with the Gorkha Kingdom in 1774 AD. During King Prithivi Narayan Shah's unification of Nepal the present-day Nepal east of Arun and Koshi River was known as Pallo Kirant Limbuwan. It was divided into ten Limbu people|Limbu Kingdoms of which the Morang Kingdom was the most powerful and had the central government. The capital of the Morang Kingdom of Limbuwan was Bijaypur, now Dharan, Nepal|Dharan. After the Limbuwan-Gorkha War and seeing the threat of the rising power of the British East India Company, kings and ministers of all the ten Limbu Kingdoms of Limbuwan gathered in Bijaypur, present day Dharan, to agree upon the Limbuwan-Gorkha treaty. This Treaty formally united ten Limbu people|Limb Kingdoms into the Gorkha Kingdom, but it also gave Limbuwan full autonomy under Limbuwan Kipat System.

The stone inscription what inscription and where? tells us that, the kirants probably ruled Nepal about 1000 years ago (around 1000 years ago there was a different king if were supposed to believe the text above). The first and best remembered king was Yalambar (what proof is there that yalamber was limbu. Legend credits him with meeting Indra (quit dreaming ), the lord of heaven, who ventured into the Valley in human guise. He had the dubious honor of being slain in the epic battle of the Mahabharata, in which gods and mortals fought alongside each other..
The great emperor of India, Ashoka, was also a visitor to Kathmandu in this period. As a follower of Buddhism, Ashoka visited Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, and erected stupas in Kathmandu. His daughter married a local prince and further spread the religion. As the Kirat dynasty came to an end in the valley how and what proof again, parts still remained in the eastern mountains where they are considered to be the forefathers of today.