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and Tirahut(Mithila) in the South. After him the kingdom was separated into
his sons and daughter. Ratna Malla got Kantipur, Raya Malla got Bhaktapur or
Bhadgaon, Rana Malla got Banepa. His daughter got Patan. In this way there
were separate rules in the valley kingdom. Despite they belonged to same clan
there was no mutual love and cooperation. So, they became weak and Prithivi
Narayan Shah captured the Kathmandu valley.

Kathmandu Valley (Nepal Mandal)

Sen Kingdom

Rudra Sen was the founder of the Sen Dynasty. His son Mukunda Sen extended
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Sen Kingdom around the middle of the 16 century up to the eastern and central
part of Nepal. After his death Sen State was divided into Makwanpur, Vijayapur
and Chaudandi. After the division of Sen kingdoms, it became weaker. There was
hatred, fear of losing kingdom, conspiracy between the kingdoms. So, there was no
feeling of nationality and the kingdoms were fragmented into many smaller states.

Baise and Chaubise States

Baise and Chaubise states emerged after the dissolution of Khas kingdom in
BS 1506. The Khas kingdom in the Sinja valley of the Karnali Region was very
powerful. Nagraj was the founder of Khas kingdom. It extended up to the Trishuli
river in the east, Kumau Gadhwal in the west, Mansarowar in the north and
Bodhgaya in the south. After Nagraj many other kings changed his surname and
kept as Malla. There were 22 states in the Karnali region and 24 states in the
Gandaki region. They were called as Baise Rajya and Chaubise Rajya respectively.
Among the Baise Rajya, Jumla and among the Chaubise Rajya, Palpa was more
power state.

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