Loka Prakash Malla

Loka Prakash Malla
King of Patan
Reign	1705–1706
Predecessor	Yoga Narendra Malla
Successor	Indra Malla
Born	c. 1697 Nepal
Died	1706
Spouse	Bhagyavati
Dynasty	Malla
Mother	Yogamati

Loka Prakash Malla, also known as Lokaprakash, (Nepali: लोकप्रकाश मल्ल) was a Malla dynasty king and the King of Patan. He succeeded Yoganarendra Malla as the king in 1705 and reigned for a brief period of eleven months.^[1][2]

Life

Lokaprakash was the son of Yogamati, the daughter of Yoganarendra Malla. Yoganarendra had died without any heirs and the feudal lords of Patan installed Lokaprakash as the ruler.^[3] Since Lokaprakash was an infant, his mother was influential in the kingdom. Lokaprakash died after eleven months of reign due to smallpox and was succeeded by Indra Malla, the son of a sister of Yoganarendra Malla.^[3][4]

References

1. Shaha, Rishikesh. Ancient and Medieval Nepal (PDF). Kathmandu, Nepal: University of Cambridge. p. 75.
2. Burleigh, Peter (16 February 2022). "A Chronology of Later Kings of Patan" (PDF). University of Cambridge: 50–51.
3. Shrestha, D.B.; Singh, C.B. (1972). The History of Ancient and Medieval Nepal (PDF) (1st ed.). Kathmandu: University of Cambridge. p. 59.
4. Regmi, Mahesh C. "Regmi Research Series". German Oriental Society. 5: 202.

Preceded by Yoga Narendra Malla

King of Patan 1705–1706

Succeeded by Indra Malla