Gorkha Kingdom

Gorkha Kingdom (Nepali: गोरखा राज्य) was a kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, present-day western Nepal.[1]

Kingdom of Gorkha
गोरखा राज्य
1559–1768 CE
CapitalGorkha Darbar
Common languagesKhas (later Nepali)
Religion
Hinduism
GovernmentMonarchy
Māhārājādhirāj (Sovereign King) 
• 1559–1570 CE
Dravya Shah (first)
• 1570–1605 CE
Purna Shah
• 1609–1633 CE
Ram Shah
• 1633–1645 CE
Dambar Shah
• 1645–1661 CE
Krishna Shah
• 1661–1673 CE
Rudra Shah
• 1673–1716 CE
Prithvipati Shah
• 1716–1743 CE
Nara Bhupal Shah
• 1743–1768 CE
Prithvi Narayan Shah (last)
History 
• 
1559
• 
1768 CE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Khasa kingdom
Kingdom of Nepal Flag of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Today part ofNepal

Gallery

Gorkha Kingdom Media

References

  1. Hamilton, Francis Buchanan (1819). An Account of the Kingdom Of Nepal and of the Territories Annexed to This Dominion by the House of Gorkha. Edinburgh: Longman. Retrieved 12 January 2013. Page 237.