A hilltop above the Trishuli that has been a watch post (kot) for as long as anyone can say: the name means nine forts, with outposts across the ridges round it.
Everything moving to Kyirong and Tibet by the Trishuli road passes under it, which makes it the valley kingdom's most valuable possession outside the valley. Nanyadeva of Mithila attacked it about the end of the eleventh century and was beaten off (Wikipedia). The buildings that visitors see are eighteenth century; the Brahmeswar linga on the western limit of the Mandala lies in this country.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known by name
- Title
- Thakkura keeper of the fort
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Thakuri page: Nanyadeva of Mithila attacked Nuwakot at the end of the eleventh century and the army 'successfully defended and won the battle'; the Nuwakot Thakuris are a line of the eleventh century; nothing for 1200.
What the town holds
- the fort and ridges of Nuwakot
- the Trishuli road
- Brahmeswar
How things stand that morning
A fort on the road, watching the Kyirong passes.
Military
No army is recorded and no number is known.
Communities
Tamang and Newar households.
Walls and castle
Hill fort (kot) with outposts; buildings of 1200 are not known.
Trade and crafts
Toll point on the Kyirong road.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The strategic role is certain; 1200 holders are not.
On the map: Approximate.
Primary sources for Nepal valley
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Gopala Raja Chronicle, and the Nepalese colophons, Anonymous (chronicle); various scribes (colophons) (the chronicle about 1389; the colophons are contemporary notes of the 11th to 14th centuries). The Nepal valley in 1200 is known chiefly from dated manuscript colophons and short inscriptions, which name the reigning king with the Nepal era year, and from the Gopalarajavamsavali, a chronicle written about 1389 that lists the kings with regnal years.
- History of Buddhism in India and Tibet, Buton Rinchen Drub (Bu ston Rin chen grub) (1322). Optional background. Read online
- The Blue Annals, Go Lotsawa Zhonnu Pal ('Gos lo tsa ba gZhon nu dpal) (1476 to 1478). The fullest Tibetan account of who mattered around 1200, written three centuries later from earlier biographies and lineage records, many now lost. Read online
- The Sakya genealogy, and the works of the Sakya hierarch of 1200, Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen (Grags pa rgyal mtshan) and Sakya Pandita; the genealogy by Ngawang Kunga Sonam (the hierarchs' writings about 1170 to 1250; the genealogy 1629). Sakya in 1200 was ruled by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen, the third of the five founders, with his nephew Kunga Gyaltsen (later Sakya Pandita, born 1182) under his teaching. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.