Jayayakshya Malla

Jayayakshya Malla
Juju of Nepal
king of the Malla Dynasty Nepal
Reign	1428 - 1482 CE.
Successor	Ratna Malla

Born	Nepal
Died	1482

Jayayakshya Malla (often named Yaksha Malla for short) (Nepali: यक्ष मल्ल) was a Malla Dynasty king of Nepal from around 1428 to 1482. He enlarged the boundaries of Nepal and developed infrastructure. He divided his lands among his sons, effectively ending the possibility of a unified Nepal for some time.

Construction works

encircled Bhaktapur city with moats and defense walls pierced with defense gates and ordered the construction of The Palace of Fifty-five Windows (Bhaktapur's Royal Palace).^[1] The palace would later be remodelled by Bhupatindra Malla in the seventeenth century^[2]

He constructed the Pashupatinath Temple, a replica of the temple by the Bagmati River in Kathmandu and the Siddha Pokhari, a large rectangular water tank located near the main city gate of Bhaktapur. He is also credited as the founder of Yaksheswar temple now standing in the palace complex.^[3]

Conquests and treaties

Early in his reign, he raided south into Mithila, into the State of Bihar and as far as Bengal.^[4] He consolidated control over the trade route to Tibet and captured the Tibetan stronghold of Shelkar Dzong.^[4]

After his death in 1482, he was succeeded in Bhaktapur by his son, Raya Malla, and in Kantipur by his son Ratna Malla.

References

↑ "Sights and attractions in Bhaktapur" Lonely Planet
↑ "Bhaktapur" Thamel.com
↑ Nepalese Department of Archaeology
1 2 Bouchon, Geneviève (2004) "Chapter III: The Indian States: The Kingdoms" page 56 In Markovits, Claude (editor) (2004) A History of Modern India, 1480-1950 (translated by Nisha George and Maggie Hendry) Anthem, London, ISBN 1-84331-152-6

Malla Dynasty rulers

Nepal	Ari Deva c.1201 – 1216 Abhaya Malla c.1216 – 1255 Ranasura c.1216 Jayadeva Malla c.1255 – 1260 Jayabhima Deva c.1260 – 1271 Jayasimha Malla c.1271 – 1274 Ananta Malla c.1274 – 1310 Jayananada Deva c.1310 – 1320 Jayari Malla c.1320 – 1344 Jayarudra Malla c.1320 – 1326 Jayaraja Deva c.1347 – 1361 Jayarjuna Malla c.1361 – 1382 Jayasthiti Malla c.1382 – 1395 Jayajyotir Malla c.1395 – 1428 Jayakiti Malla c.1395 – 1403 Jayadharma Malla c.1395 – 1408 Jayayakshya Malla c.1428 – 1482

Kantipur	Ratna Malla 1482 – 1520 Surya Malla 1520 – 1530 Amara Malla 1530 – 1538 Narendra Malla 1538 – 1560 Mahendra Malla 1560 – 1574 Sadashiva Malla 1574 – 1583 Shivasimha Malla 1583 – 1619 Lakshminarasimha Malla 1620 – 1641 Pratapa Malla 1641 – 1674 Chakravartendra Malla 1669 Mahipatendra Malla 1670 Jayanripendra Malla 1674 – 1680 Parthivendra Malla 1680 – 1687 Bhupalendra Malla 1687 – 1700 Bhaskara Malla 1700 – 1714 Mahindrasimha Malla 1714 – 1722 Jagajjaya Malla 1722 – 1736 Jaya Prakash Malla 1736 – 1746, 1750 – 1768 Jyoti Prakash Malla 1746 – 1750

Lalitpur	Purandara Simha c.1580 – 1600 Harihara Simha c.1600 – 1609 Shiva Simha (King of Kantipur) 1609 – 1620 Siddhi Narasimha 1620 – 1661 Srinivasa Malla 1661 – 1685 Yoga Narendra Malla 1685 – 1705 Loka Prakash Malla 1705 – 1706 Indra Malla (Purandara Malla) 1706 – 1709 Vira Narasimha Malla 1709 Vira Mahindra Malla 1709 – 1715 Riddhi Narasimha 1715 – 1717 Mahindrasimha Malla (King of Kantipur) 1717 – 1722 Yoga Prakash Malla 1722 – 1729 Vishnu Malla 1729 – 1745 Rajya Prakash Malla 1745 – 1758 Vishvajit Malla 1758 – 1760 Jaya Prakash Malla (King of Kantipur) 1760 – 1761, 1763 – 1764 Ranajit Malla (King of Bhaktapur) 1762 – 1763 Dal Mardan Shah 1764 – 1765 Tej Narasimha Malla 1765 – 1768

Bhaktapur	Raya Malla 1482 – 1519 Prana Malla 1519 – 1547 Vishva Malla 1547 – 1560 Trailokya Malla 1560 – 1613 Jagajjyoti Malla 1613 – 1637 Naresha Malla 1637 – 1644 Jagat Prakasha Malla 1644 – 1673 Jitamitra Malla 1673 – 1696 Bhupatindra Malla 1696 – 1722 Ranajit Malla 1722 – 1769

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