Yele Sambat
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Yelam Sambat (Devanagari: येलम संबत् ) is the
It is said that this calendar started when the Kirat king Yalambar defeated the Gopal dynasty in the Kathmandu Valley. The Yele Sambat calendar begins on 15 January. This new year day is also celebrated as Maghe Sankranti in Nepal when people eat sweet potato and various kinds of yams and sel roti.
On 15 November 2009,
History
According to Gopal Vamsawali, 32 Kirat kings ruled the Kathmandu valley for 1963 years and 8 months.
List of Kirat kings
According to Gopal Vamsawali, 32 Kirat kings ruled the Kathmandu valley. The list of these kings along with their period of rule is given below:
- 1) King Yelam - 90 years
- 2) King Pelam - 81 years
- 3) King Melam - 89 years
- 4) King Changming - 42 years
- 5) King Dhaskang - 37 years
- 6) King Walungcha - 31 years 6 months
- 7) King Hooting - 40 years 8 months
- 8) King Hurma - 50 years
- 9) King Tuske - 41 years 8 months
- 10) King Prasaphung - 38 years 6 months
- 11) King Pawa - 46 years
- 12) King Daasti - 40 years
- 13) King Chamba - 71 years
- 14) King Kangkang - 54 years
- 15) King Swananda - 40 years 6 months
- 16) King Phukong - 58 years
- 17) King Singhu - 49 years 6 months
- 18) King Julam - 73 years 3 months
- 19) King Lukang - 40 years
- 20) King Thoram - 71 years
- 21) King Thuko - 83 years
- 22) King Varmam - 73 years 6 months
- 23) King Gungjung - 72 years 7 months
- 24) King Puska - 81
- 25) King Tyapami - 54 years
- 26) King Mugmum - 58 years
- 27) King Shasaru - 63 years
- 28) King Gunam - 74 years
- 29) King Khimbu - 76 years
- 30) King Girijung - 81 years
- 31) King Khuranja - 78 years
- 32) King Khigu - 85 years
References
- ^ see: किरात येले संवत अभिलेख, किरात येले संवत अध्ययन समन्वय समिति, २०१०, पृष्ठ १३ र पृष्ठ २२७ को प्याराग्राफ १)
- ^ Source: प्रडा जगदीशचन्द्र रेग्मी, नेपाली किरात जातिको गौरवपूर्ण इतिहासको परिप्रेक्षमा किरात येले संवतको प्रचलन तथा संवैधानिक उपक्रम, किरात येले संवत अध्ययन समन्वय समिति, २०१०, पृष्ठ १३ र पृष्ठ २२७.