The Licchavi kings founded the city as Kantipur in the eighth century and laid the foundations of the Hanuman Dhoka Durbar, the palace which gives this area its name.
The Kantipur Kings founded Hanuman Dhoka Durbar in the tenth century.
mnli hypothesis: The Kantipur Kings founded Hanuman Dhoka Durbar in the tenth century. premise: The Licchavi kings founded the city as Kantipur in the eighth century and laid the foundations of the Hanuman Dhoka Durbar, the palace which gives this area its name.