Doti

Doti- डोटी/डोटीगढ़ (सुदुर पश्चिमाञ्चल - Sudura Paścimāñcala)
Far-Western Development Region, (Manaskhand)
Region
Seti River valley with Dipayal to the left
Country	Nepal
Zones	Mahakali, Seti
Headquarters	Dipayal Silgadhi
Area	19,539 km2 (7,544 sq mi)
Population	2,552,517 (2011)
Density	131/km2 (339/sq mi)
Timezone	NPT (UTC+5:45)
ISO 3166-2	NP-5
Location of the Far-Western Region

Doti (Devnagari; डोटी), also known as Doti region, Dotigarh (डोटीगढ़) as used in the Jagar (folk tales; जागर), and the Farwestern region of Nepal, is a region situated between River Kali boarding to the Uttarakhand in the west and Karnali river on the east.Doti was one of eight different princely states Katiyuri Kingdom was divided into Eight for their eight Prince and became different independent Kingdom.

Doti division covers the nine districts of Seti and Mahakali Zone, four in Mahakali and five in Seti Zone respectively. They are:

Kailali and Kanchanpur District are Terai districts.

The name Doti is believed to have originated form the word Dovati, which means the land area between the confluence of two rivers.

Other view is that the original name of Doti was devatavi= dev+aatavi or aalaya (dev meaning Hindu God and aatavi meaning the place of re-creation or the place of attaining a meditation in Sanskrit).

Doti was an ancient kingdom in far western region of Nepal which was formed after the disintegration of the Katyuri Kingdom of Kumaon around 13th century.

Doti was one of eight different princely states Katiyuri Kingdom was divided into Eight for their eight Prince and became different independent Kingdom.

Later on, the whole land between Ramganga on the west (Uttarakhand) and the Karnali on the east (which divides the far western region from other parts Nepal), came under the Raikas after the origin of Raikas of Katyuris in Doti.

"Brahma Dev Mandi" at Kanchanpur District of Mahakali Zone was established by Katyuri king Brahma Dev.