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Name: Kirata Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 1149 BC

End: 300 AD

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Was an ancient kingdom of the Kirata people in Nepal.

Establishment


  • January 1149 BC: According to Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology, the Kirata Kingdom (Kirat) was the kingdom of the Kirata people, who were dwellers mostly in the Himalayas.
  • Chronology


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    1. Military campaigns of Bindusara


    Military campaign of Bindusara, king of the Mauryan Empire.

  • January 279 BC: Bindusara, who inherited the Maurya Empire when he was just 22 years old, extended his empire to the southern part of India, as far as what is now known as Karnataka. He conquered almost all of the Indian peninsula (he is said to have conquered the 'land between the two seas' - the peninsular region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea).

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 491 BC: The ruler of Magadha, Bimbisara of the Haryanka dynasty, greatly expanded the Kingdom during his reign from 544 BC to 492 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 301: The Kirat kingdom has been the main state formation of Nepal since 900 BC. e. to 300 A.D. e. .
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