Kirata Kingdom in Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology refers to any kingdom of the Kirati people, who were dwellers mostly in the Himalayas. They took part in the Kurukshetra War along with Parvatas (mountaineers) and other Himalayan tribes.
Birupakshya ancestor of Kirati people erected by ancient kirati kings of nepal near the Pashupati Aryaghat.
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to Northern India (predominantly in the Indian States of Sikkim and Darjeeling & Kalimpong hills of northern West Bengal
Birupakshya ancestor of Kirati people erected by ancient kirati kings of nepal near the Pashupati Aryaghat.
Khukuri with chakmak and karda. Kirati traditional knife. It is said that the Khukuri was first used by Kiratis who came to power in Nepal before the Lichchavi age, around the 7th century.[dubious – discuss][citation needed]
Kirantis (B.C. 1500 to 2016 A.D.)
Kirati tribesman from Himalayas