Katyuri dynasty
Katyuri Dynasty Kurmanchal | |||||||||||
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| 700 CE–1065 CE | |||||||||||
| Status | Sovereign state | ||||||||||
| Capital | Joshimath later shifted to Baijnath, Uttarakhand | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Sanskrit | ||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism,Buddhism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Raja (King) | |||||||||||
• 700–849 CE | Vasu Dev | ||||||||||
• 850–870 CE | Basantana Dev (founder of Baijnath) | ||||||||||
• 870–880 CE | Kharpar Dev | ||||||||||
• 955–970 CE | Bhu Dev | ||||||||||
• brief period till 1065 CE | Bir Dev | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 700 CE | ||||||||||
• Transfer of capital to Karttikeyapur, Baijnath | 850 CE | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1065 CE | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India Nepal | ||||||||||
The Katyuri kingdom, also known as the Katyuri dynasty, was a medieval kingdom that ruled over the regions in Uttarakhand in India and western Nepal from either 500 to 1200 CE or 700 to 1200 CE. The founder of the dynasty, King Vasudev Katyuri, was originally a Buddhist ruler, but he later started following Hindu practices, sometimes attributed to a vigorous campaign of Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara (788–820 CE).
King Bhu Dev was known for extensively eradicating Buddhist practices in his kingdom and the Bageshwar stone inscription of Bhu Dev writes himself as "Brahmana Parayana" and "Parama Shramana Rupu", meaning a follower of Brahmans and an arch rival of Buddhist Bhikshus. The Katyuri Kings were known for constructing several Hindu temples in present-day Uttarakhand as they later followed Brahminical practices.
After fragmentation and disestablishment of the Katyuri kingdoms, their offshoots rose as Askot Katyuri Pal Rajwar in Pithoragarh, another Katyuri Pal Doti Rainka in modern Doti district of Nepal, King Brahm Deo's branch state in Sui, another Katyuri house at Baramandal, one of them maintained its sovereignty over Baijnath and finally one Katyuri house each in Dwarahat and Lakhanpur.