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Uttarakhand is popularly referred to as "the land of the gods" (Devbhumi) owing to its huge number of Hindu pilgrimage sites. The Pauravas, Kushanas, Kunindas, Guptas, Katyuris, Palas, Chands, Parmars (or Panwars), and the British have ruled the state by turns. [1] Kedarnath Temple, a Hindu pilgrimage site
The rule of Kunindas were limited only to the foothill tracts and not in the interiors of Uttarakhand and the coins could have reached in the interiors by travel of traders and pilgrims. [15] Another historian, Rahul Sankrityayan, traces their ancestry to Shakas and further identifies Khasas and Shakas to be a part of the same race. [4]
Uttarakhand has a total area of 53,483 km 2 (20,650 sq mi), equal to 1.6% of the total area of India. Dehradun serves as the state capital, with Nainital being the judicial capital. The state is divided into two divisions, Garhwal and Kumaon, with a total of 13 districts. The forest cover in the state is 45.4% of the state's geographical area.
Garhwal kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in the current north-western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India, founded in 823 CE by Kanak Pal the progenitor of the Panwar dynasty that ruled over the kingdom uninterrupted until 1803 CE.
The Chand kingdom was a kingdom that ruled the Kumaon area in present-day Uttarakhand state of India, after the decline of the Katyuri kingdom. [3] At times, their rule also extended to the western parts of present-day Nepal. [4] Somchand established the dynasty, establishing his capital at Rajbunga in present-day Champawat. [3]
One of the first kings of the Kuninda was Amoghbhuti, who ruled in the mountainous valley of the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers (in today's southern Himachal and far western Uttarakhand in northern India). The Greek historian Ptolemy linked the origin of the Kuninda to the country where the rivers Beas, Sutlej, Yamuna, and Ganges originate. [4]
The capital of Garhwal Kingdom was shifted from Dewalgarh to Srinagar, Uttarakhand [2] by him, who ascended to the throne in 1622 and further consolidated his rule over most parts of Garhwal. Though King Mahipati Shah died young in 1631, [ 3 ] after his death his wife, Rani Karnavati, ruled the kingdom on the behalf of her very young seven-year ...
Khasa-Malla kingdom (Nepali: खस मल्ल राज्य, romanized: Khasa Malla Rājya), popularly known as Khasa Kingdom (Nepali: खस राज्य, romanized: Khasa Rājya) and Yatse (Wylie: ya rtse) in Tibetan, was a medieval kingdom established around the 11th century in regions that are presently in far-western Nepal and parts of Uttarakhand state in India.