Jaya Prakash Malla

Jaya Prakash Malla
Portrait of King Jaya Prakash Malla at the walls of the Bhajan complex of the Jana bahal temple.
King of Kantipur
Reign1736โ€“1746
PredecessorJagajjaya Malla
SuccessorJyoti Prakash Malla
Reign1750โ€“1768
PredecessorJyoti Prakash Malla
BornKantipur, Nepal
Died1769 (1770)
Pashupatinath
DynastyMalla dynasty
FatherJagajjaya Malla
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Jaya Prakash Malla (Newar: ๐‘–๐‘ซ๐‘ฅ๐‘‘‚๐‘ฌ๐‘Ž๐‘ต๐‘ฑ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฎ๐‘‘‚๐‘ฎโ€Ž) was the last king of Kantipur (Newar: เคฏเฅ‡เค‚) which corresponds to present-day Kathmandu. He ruled from 1736 to 1746 after succeeding his father Jagajjaya Malla, and then from 1750 until his death in 1769.