History_Ancient_Medieval_Nepal

tack on Patan and conquered some of the places important from
the strategic point' of view. Dambar Shah, son of Ram Shah had
come with a contingent to help Siddhi Nara Singh Malla, but his
troops were waylaid and put to rout. Pratap Malla gave a lot of
trouble to Narendra Malla, King of Bhaktapur. He made Na
rendra Malla pay tribute to him in the form of elephants. Later,
again he sided with Shree Niwas Malla and laid a siege on
Bhaktapur. He plundered Bhaktapur and carried away many
valuables. But when Lalitpur sided with Bhaktapur, Pratap
Malla signed a treaty with Bhaktapur.
Pratap Malla was married to the Indian princesses of
Kuch Bihar and Tirhut. As he was lewd, he had maintained a
harem. Once he raped a virgin girl. As a result, she died.
Pratap Malla repented very much. He wanted to absolve of his
sin. He consulted the wise and learned men on the matter and
acting on their advice and suggestions, set up hundreds and
thousands of 'Lingas' at Pashupati and installed a statue of his
own with his two queens, performed 'Koti Horn', weighed gold
on one scale and himself on the other and gave it away in cha
rity and to commemorate the occasion raised a pillar on the
southern gate and a grazing ground was also built.
Though he was licentious, he was religious minded. He
built a beautiful temple at Guhyeshwari and fenced it.
He re
novated the temple of Pashupati Nath and raised a pinnacle over
it. At Swayambhu he built Pratappur, Kabeendrapur and many
other temples and also set up a copper gilt 'Bajra'. He renovated
the temples of Basuki Bheemsen, Taleju, and Degutale.
With a view, to warding off evils he erected an
image of Hanuman,
the monkey-god, by the side of his palace gate and called
the palace Hanumandhoka after Hanuman. He erected the gol
den gate of the palace, installed an image of Nri Simha, Kal
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