Shah dynasty

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The Shah dynasty (Nepali: शाह वंश, romanized: Shāh Vaṃśa), also known as the Shahs of Gorkha or the Royal House of Gorkha, was a Nepalese Thakuri dynasty that ruled the Gorkha Kingdom, one of the Chaubise principalities, from 1559 to 1768. Following the unification of Nepal under Prithvi Narayan Shah, the dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Nepal from 25 September 1768 until the monarchy was abolished on 28 May 2008. The Shah kings claimed descent from Rajput chiefs who migrated to the Himalayan hills during the medieval period. According to the genealogical chronicles (lit. 'vamsavalis') of Nepal, the Shahs were descendants of the rulers of Chittaur who fled from Central India during the Muslim invasions of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Dravya Shah, the youngest son of Yasho Brahma Shah of Lamjung, seized control of the small hill state of Gorkha in 1559, establishing the dynasty's rule over the principality. Over the following two centuries, the Shah rulers consolidated their position...

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