Budhahang

Budhahang (Nepali: बुढाहाङ) was a king of the Kirati Community in the Kalsha territory, present-day Dhankuta District. He belonged to the Chulung subtribe of the Kirati people and also worship by some Bantawa and Puma Rai as their ancestral deity. His palace was located in the region currently known as Ankhisalla and Chintang. Budhahang is regarded as a former king of the Khalsa area, who ruled during the time when Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the Kirat region (1774-75 BS). It is said that Ankhisalla, Khoku, Chhintang, Pakhribas, Jhalhara Belhara, Muga, Thangkhuwa, Mahabharat, Hatikharka, Chanuwa, Ahale, Phangduwa, Bhirgaun Sanne, Phalate, and Leguwa were included in the Khalsa territory before the Gorkhali invasion.

Biography The identity of the king is contradictory, and the details regarding Budhahang's parents are also unclear. According to Kājimān Kandaṅvā (1993: 121), Budhahang's father's name was Rakhansingh hang. Budhahang was the second sibling among four brothers: Cinbassa, Rakhanbassa, Rumbassa, and Rukumbassa (in order of seniority).