Yalamber or Yalung, Yalambar, Yalamwar, Yalamver (Nepali: यलम्बर) was a Kirati warrior and first king of the Kirata kingdom in Nepal, which he established in 800 B.C.
The epic Mahabharata mentions the Kiratas as a tribe living in Himawat Khanda like the Pulindas and Chinas, Hunas, Pahlavas, Sakas, Yavanas, Savaras, Paundras, Kanchis, Dravidas, Sinhalas and Keralas.
The Yavanas, the Kiratas, the Gandharvas, the Chinas, the Savaras, the Barbaras, the Sakas, the Tusharas, the Kankas, the Pathavas, the Andhras, the Madrakas, the Paundras, the Pulindas, the Ramathas, the Kamvojas were mentioned together as tribes beyond the kingdoms of Aryavarta.
Legend credits him with meeting Indra, the lord of heaven, who ventured into the Valley in human guise.
According to Mahabharata, a chronicle of Bansawali William Kirk Patrick[5] and Daniel Wright,[6] The Kirat kings were His dynasty was succeeded by Licchavi (kingdom).