Sino-Nepalese War

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The Sino-Nepalese War was a war fought between the Qing dynasty of China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the late 18th century. It originated from a long-standing trade dispute over debased silver currency minted by Nepal for Tibet, in return for which Tibet started sending low-quality halite, leading to a Nepalese invasion of Tibet (then a Qing protectorate) in 1788. Under the leadership of Regent Bahadur Shah, Nepalese forces occupied large territories in Tibet and forced Tibetan authorities to sign the Treaty of Kerung (1789), under which Tibet agreed to pay annual tribute of 50,001 Nepalese silver coins (mahendramalli) to the Kingdom of Nepal. However, Tibet stopped paying tribute. After failing to receive the annual payment, Nepal declared a second war on Tibet in 1791. Following the Gorkha invasion of Tibet and the plundering of several major Tibetan monasteries, the Tibetan government appealed for Qing military intervention, prompting the dispatch of a large Qing expeditionary army under...

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