Talk:Katyuri kings

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Should this page retitled as Katyuri Kingdom, in line with the infobox? -- Kautilya3 (talk) 15:24, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kautilya3 Exactly, the page should be titled about Katyuri Kingdom. The ancient terminology for that Kingdom was "Karttikeyapuri/Karttikeyapura Kingdom" (meaning: city of Karttikeya; Nepali/Kumaoni: कर्तिकेयपुरी) which was dumbed down into more easier sounding "Katyuri/Katyur Kingdom". Dedicated to son of Shiva, the Karttikeya, the patron deity of Kumaon and West Nepal from the cultural aspect- it was a Shaivite Kingdom with Baijnath, Bageshwar temple complexes. Karttikeya is still worshipped and is referred by the name "Karttikeya", "Mohanyal" in both Kumaon and Farwest Nepal. There's a city in Nepal named "Mohanyal" dedicated to this ancient Kingdom Mohanyal_Rural_Municipality.

It holds true that it was a pan Shaivite Hindu Kingdom that ruled over both West Nepal and Kumaon, so it's not just a dynasty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2400:1A00:B010:13EA:6C35:194F:9D72:7CB9 (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Department of Archaeology of Nepal there was a