Kumaon Kingdom

Kingdom of Kumaon
Kingdom of Kumaon
600–1791
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	South Asia; 1175 CE KARAKHANID; KHANATE QARA KHITAI GHURID; EMPIRE KUMAON CHAULUKYAS CHAHAMANAS LATE; GHAZNAVIDS PARAMARAS WESTERN; CHALUKYAS KAKATIYAS SHILA-; HARAS CHOLAS CHERAS PANDYAS KADAMBAS HOYSALAS GAHADAVALAS GUHILAS KACHCHAPA-; GHATAS CHANDELAS KALACHURIS; (TRIPURI) KALACHURIS; (RATNAPURA) SENAS KARNATAS NAGVANSIS KAMARUPAS EASTERN; GANGAS GUGE MARYUL LOHA-; RAS SOOMRA; EMIRATE MAKRAN; SULTANATE Location of the Kumaon Kingdom, and main South Asian polities in 1175, on the eve of the Ghurid Empire invasion of the subcontinent.
Status	Katyuri dynasty (7th–12th centuries); Chand dynasty (12th–18th centuries);
Capital	Baijnath (600–1200); Champawat (1200–1563); Almora (1563–1791);
Common languages	Kumaoni, Sanskrit
Religion	Hinduism
Demonym(s)	Kumaoni
Government	Monarchy
Maharaja
• 600	Vasu Dev (first)
• 1791	Mahendra Chand (last)
History
• Established	600
• Conquered by the Gorkhas and merged with the Kingdom of Nepal	1791
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kuninda Kingdom
Kingdom of Nepal
Today part of	India

Kumaon Kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in Kumaon, a region located in the eastern part of the present-day Uttarakhand state of India. It was established around 7th century and remained an independent and sovereign kingdom until 1791.^[2]^[3]

^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 37, 147. ISBN 0226742210.
^ Cite error: The named reference Hāṇḍā2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Atkinson, Edwin T. (Edwin Thomas), 1840-1890. (1990). Himalayan Gazetter. Cosmo. OCLC 183008777.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 37, 147. ISBN 0226742210.

[Hāṇḍā2002-2] Cite error: The named reference Hāṇḍā2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Atkinson, Edwin T. (Edwin Thomas), 1840-1890. (1990). Himalayan Gazetter. Cosmo. OCLC 183008777.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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