Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर देय्; lit.

'Kingdom of the City of Light') was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy[1] of Nepal, centered in the Kathmandu Valley.

The name of the kingdom was derived from a Sanskrit name of its capital city, now known as Kathmandu.

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