The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.119.4

v1.c14.119.4

The Nigliva pillar of Aśoka carries the trace of an inscription of one Śrī-Tapu Malla in *Saṁvat* 1234.¹ From these references it is probably permissible to guess that the Mallas first entered the Valley in considerable numbers by taking advantage of the confusion which prevailed in Nepal immediately before Rāghavadeva (*c.* 879.A.D.). The invasion of Nānyadeva (*c.* 1097 A.D.) and the disorders that inevitably follow a foreign invasion possibly allowed their chiefs to increase in power and prosperity till one of them Arimalladeva, seized the royal power in the Valley sometime before *c.* 317 (A. D. 1197).