The Malla came to Nepal in the first of several waves of Hindu fugitives from the 11th-century Muslim invasion of northern India.
The Malla left India for Nepal in the 11th century.
Early events surrounding the Indo-Aryans can be deduced from the later writings of the Rig-Veda (priestly hymns), Puranas (ancient tales of kings and gods), and the epic poems of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.