For the next three centuries Nepal had three city-states side by side in the valley Kantipur (now known as Kathmandu), Lalitpur (now known as Patan), and Bhaktapur (also sometimes called Bhadgaon), along with their hinterlands.
Nepal had three city-states side by side in the Valley Kantipur, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur for the next three centuries.