Pithoragarh
<p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Pithoragarh city and its surrounding areas were part of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaskhand"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Manaskhand</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> region, which extended from the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailash_Mountain"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Kailash Mountain</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> in the north to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhabar"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Bhabar</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> & </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terai"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Terai</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> in the south, as mentioned in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanda_Purana"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Skanda Purana</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">.The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Asuras</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Nagas</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> appear to be the earliest inhabitants of the region, who were later superseded by the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirata"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Kiratas</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khas_people"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Khasas</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuninda_Kingdom"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Kunindas</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">.The Kuninda Kings of the region may have become the feudatories of The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_Empire"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Kushana</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> Kings, who held their sway over the region in the last quarter of the 1st century AD.The region subsequently came under the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyuri_kings"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Kurmanchal kingdom</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">, which had its capital first at </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirmath"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Jyotirmath</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> and then at Karikeyapura (Modern day </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijnath,_Uttarakhand"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Baijnath</span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">) in the Katyur Valley.</span></p>
