Vishnu Malla

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Vishnu Malla
King of Patan
Reign	1729–1745
Predecessor	Yoga Prakash Malla
Successor	Rajya Prakash Malla

Born	Nepal
Died	1745 (1746)
Spouse	Chandralakshmi
Dynasty	Malla
Father	Darasimha
Mother	Punyamati

Vishnu Malla (Nepali: बिष्णु मल्ल) was a Malla dynasty king and the King of Patan. He succeeded Yoga Prakash Malla and reigned from 1729 until his death in 1745.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ancestry

Vishnu Malla traced his lineage from Srinivasa Malla. Srinivasa Malla had a daughter named Manimati. Manimati's children were Indra Malla, and Punyamati. Punyamati married Darasimha and they were the parents of Vishnu Malla.^[1]

Reign

He strengthened his political powers by marrying Chandralakshmi, daughter of Jagajjaya Malla, the King of Kantipur. Kantipur and Patan once jointly invaded Bhadgaon and occupied areas around Sanga which was later retaken with the help of Tanahun. It was during the time of Vishnu Malla that the Gorkha Kingdom and Tanahun started intervening in the politics of Kathmandu Valley and would end after being annexed by Prithvi Narayan Shah, the Gorkha king.^[1]

Vishnu Malla built and renovated several religious monuments. He frequently donated generous grants to temples and guthis.^[2]

Succession

Vishnu Malla did not have any children and adopted his brother-in-law, Rajya Prakash Malla, as successor. Rajya Prakash was the third son of Jagajjaya Malla, the King of Kantipur,^[4] and had previously been expelled from his family's kingdom by his brother Jaya Prakash Malla, who succeeded their father as the king of Kantipur. Rajya Prakash succeeded Vishnu Malla to the throne of Patan after Vishnu's death in 1745.^[1]

References

Notes

Sources

1 2 3 4 Shaha, Rishikesh. Ancient and Medieval Nepal (PDF). Kathmandu, Nepal: University of Cambridge. p. 77.
1 2 Burleigh, Peter (16 February 2022). "A Chronology of Later Kings of Patan" (PDF). University of Cambridge: 63–65.
↑ Regmi, Mahesh C. "Regmi Research Series". German Oriental Society. 5: 203–204.
↑ Regmi, p. 126.

Preceded by

Yoga Prakash Malla

King of Patan
1729–1745

Succeeded by

Rajya Prakash Malla

v t e Malla dynasty rulers
Kathmandu Valley	Aridev Malla c. 1201–1216 Abhaya Malla c. 1216–1255 Jayadeva Malla c. 1255–1258 Jayabhimadeva c. 1258–1271 Jayasimha Malla c. 1271–1274 Ananta Malla c. 1274–1308 Jayanandadeva c. 1308–1320 Jayari Malla c. 1320–1344 Jayarajadeva c. 1348–1361 Jayarjunadeva c. 1361–1382 Jayasthiti Malla c. 1382–1395 Jayadharma Malla c. 1395–1408 Jyoti Malla c. 1408–1428 Yakshya Malla c. 1428–1482
Kantipur	Ratna Malla 1482–1520 Surya Malla 1520–1530 Amara (Narendra) Malla 1530–1560 Mahendra Malla 1560–1574 Sadashiva Malla 1574–1583 Shivasimha Malla 1583–1619 Lakshmi Narasimha Malla 1619–1641 Pratap Malla 1641–1674 Chakravartendra Malla 1669 Mahipatendra Malla 1670 Nripendra Malla 1674–1680 Parthibendra Malla 1680–1687 Bhupalendra Malla 1687–1700 Bhaskara Malla 1700–1722 Jagajjaya Malla 1722–1736 Jaya Prakash Malla 1736–1746 Jyoti Prakash Malla 1746–1750 Jaya Prakash Malla 1750–1768
Lalitpur	Purandara Simha c. 1580–1600 Harihara Simha (installed by his father Shivasimha) c. 1600–1609 Shivasimha Malla (King of Kantipur) 1609–1619 Siddhi Narasimha Malla 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 Malla 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 Ranajit Malla (King of Bhaktapur) 1762–1763 Jaya Prakash Malla (King of Kantipur) 1763–1764 Dal Mardan Shah 1764–1765 Teja Narasimha Malla 1765–1768
Bhaktapur	Raya Malla 1482–1509 Bhuwana Malla 1505–1519 Prana Malla 1519–1547 Vishva Malla 1547–1560 Trailokya Malla (with Tribhuvana Malla and Ganga Rani) 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