Siva Simha Malla (), also known as Shiva Simha or Shivasimha, was a Malla ruler and the sixth king of

Kantipur Kantipur (; ) was a medieval kingdom in the Malla confederacy 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. List of kings * Ratna Malla (148 ...

. He started his reign on 1578 after deposing his brother

Sadashiva Malla Sadashiva Malla was a king of the Malla dynasty and the fifth king of Kantipur. He succeeded his father Mahendra Malla and ruled from 1574 to 1578. Reign Sadashiva Malla succeeded as the King of Kantipur after the death of Mahendra Malla. H ...

Life

His brother,

, was a decadent King and was deposed by Shivasimha Malla and the general public in 1578 and forced into exile to

Bhadgaon Bhaktapur ( Nepali and Sanskrit: भक्तपुर, ; "City of Devotees"), known locally as Khwopa (Nepal Bhasa: , ) and historically called Bhadgaon, is a city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal located about from the capi ...

. Shivasimha was then crowned as the King of

Shivasimha Malla was of simple nature, but an ambitious king. He annexed Patan in around 1600 which was then ruled by the descendants of Vishnusimha since the time of disintegration after

Yakshya Malla Jayayakshya Malla (often named Yaksha Malla for short) () was the son of Jayajyotir Malla and the last Malla king of the united Kathmandu Valley from around 1428 until his death in 1482. The valley was divided among his sons after his death. Co ...

. He then conquered Dolakha and brought it under the control of

. He first installed his son Harihara Simha as the governor of Patan. Harihara Simha died shortly afterwards, and his eldest son Siddhi Narasimha Malla was the governor of Patan.

Succession

After the death of Shivasimha in 1619,

Lakshmi Narasimha Malla Lakshmi Narasimha Malla (also spelled Lakshminarasimha or Laxminarasimha) () was a Malla ruler and the seventh king of Kantipur. He was the youngest son of Harihara Simha and succeeded his grandfather Shivasimha Malla in 1619 as the King of Ka ...

, another son of Harihara Simha, succeeded him as the King of

, and Siddhi Narasimha Malla declared Patan independent from

. Thus, the kingdoms of

and Patan united by Shivasimha were divided again by his grandsons.

References

Malla kings of Kantipur Malla kings of Lalitpur 1619 deaths Year of birth unknown 17th-century Nepalese people 16th-century Nepalese people 16th-century monarchs in Asia 17th-century monarchs in Asia {{Nepal-royal-stub