Around 205 CE, Nimisha (निमिष) of the Soma dynasty defeated Gasti (गस्ती), the 29th — or in the other count, the 32nd — Kirat king. The chronicles say the Somas built a palace at Godavari, origin of the great twelve-year Godavari mela, and credit Nimisha with repairing Pashupatinath and installing its four-faced linga. Five Soma kings ruled about a century before the Licchavis displaced them — and written history, with dates, finally began.लगभग २०५ ईस्वीमा सोम वंशका निमिषले अन्तिम किरात राजा गस्तीलाई हराए। सोम राजाहरूले गोदावरीमा दरबार बनाए र पशुपतिनाथको चार-मुखे लिंग लगाए। त्यसपछि लिच्छवि आए — र लेखिएको इतिहास सुरु भयो।
What Survivedजे बाँच्यो
- ◆The Kirat religion (किराँत धर्म) — the Mundhum oral scripture, ancestor and nature worship, still central to Limbu, Rai, Sunuwar and Yakkha communities
- ◆Yele Sambat — the Kirat era-calendar, a national calendar of Nepal
- ◆Sakela / Sakewa — the Ubhauli-Udhauli dance festivals of the Rai
- ◆The Limbu's own subba (ten) administrative tradition
- ◆The ethnic map of eastern Nepal itself — the Kiranti language family is Sino-Tibetan, spoken from the Arun to the Mechi
"The Kirats lost their kingdom. They never lost their calendar, their faith, or their hills.
किरातहरूले राज्य गुमाए — तर सम्बत्, धर्म र जाति गुमाएनन्।