Ø Kirat’s ave mentioned in Ramayan and Mahabharat.
Ø Himayat Khand mentions about Kirat.
Ø Hilly area s East to trisuli is mentioned as Kirat area.
Ø It is move relevant that areas from sunkoshi East is Kirat.Any how Kirat were living in North East of Himalaya and according to Sopal Vansavali they were inhabitant area between sunkosi to Tawalcosiie they came to valley from East.
Ø Certain histories are of the obevious that the NEWARS were Kirats living between Gandaki to Sunkosi.
Ø Toward the years of 700B.Kirat invaded the valley
Ø According to Sopal Vansavali 32 King (some historian says 29) ruled ovev have.
Ø The first king was YALAMBER who established Kirat dynasty.
Ø His Kingdom was supposed to be from TRISULI to TISTA.
Ø 7th or 12th king was JITADASTI or DASTI.
Ø He had taken part in the battle of Mahabharat to help Pandavas.
Ø Buddhist comical describes in his period Lord Buddha had visited Nepal where he made his 1350 disciples.
Ø But,lord Buddha’s visit of Kathmandu valley cannot be paved by historical evidences.
Ø At the peiod of STHUNOK or THUNILO (14TH or 21st )King of this dynasty ASHOKA the great king of INDIA visited Lumbini for pilgrimage in 249 or 250 B.C.
Ø Later on he(ashoka)came to Kathmandu valley and gave his daughter CHARMATI in marriage DEVAPALA.
Ø It is said that she established a city near by Pasupati in the name of his husband named DEVAPATAN.
Ø She constructed a bihar named charumati bihar now called chabahill.
Ø Ashoka created 4 stupas at the 4 cardinal points of PATAN.
Ø But again it cannot be proved that Ashoka ever visited Kathmandu valley.how ever his visit was up to lumbini.
Ø Some historian says that 4 stupas of patan were created by the missionaries of Ashoka in the period of 200 B.C.
Ø However we can say that it was a later creation which was built only after the extend of the city.
Ø We can conclude that at this vary period both