Gorkha Kingdom
Gorkha Kingdom (Nepali: गोरखा राज्य) was a kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, present-day western Nepal.[1]
Kingdom of Gorkha गोरखा राज्य | |||||||||
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| 1559–1768 CE | |||||||||
| Capital | Gorkha Darbar | ||||||||
| Common languages | Khas (later Nepali) | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Nepal | ||||||||
Gallery
Metal Window
Stone history
Gorkha Durbar
King Prithavi Pal
Image of Goddess & Gorkha Palace
Gorkha Tallo Durbar
Shree Panch Bada Maharajadhiraj Prithavi Narayan Shah Dev
Nepali Cannon
Nagada
Gorkha Kingdom Media
Postage stamp issued by Gorkha government in 1907
Gorkhapatra dated January 9, 1933
Gurkha soldiers arrive in Japan in 1946 as part of Allied occupation forces
The old king's Darbar at Gorkha
Mohar of Gorkha king Prithvi Narayan Shah dated Saka Era 1685 (1763 CE)
References
- ↑ 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.
