Mallabhum

Mallabhum was a Hindu kingdom of the Malla rajas, centred on Bishnupur in Bengal. In 1337 Dinabandhu Malla held the throne and set up a Vishnu Vasudeva image at Lochanpur.

In the late sixteenth century Bir Hambir allied with Mughal general Man Singh; later rulers built Bishnupur's brick and terracotta temples. Maratha raids weakened the kingdom, and Bishnupur passed to the East India Company in 1760. The famine of 1770 and Chuar risings of 1788 to 1809 reduced its rajas to zamindars.