Gorkha kingdom

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The Gorkha Kingdom (Nepali: गोरखा राज्य; Gōrakhā Rājya) was an independent hill kingdom in the central Himalayas established in 1559 CE when the prince Dravya Shah of Lamjung and Kaski Kingdom seized control of the region. Centered around the hilltop fortress of Gorkha Durbar, it was originally one of the Chaubisi independent kingdoms that emerged following the fragmentation of Khasa-Malla Empire. The kingdom embarked on a rapid campaign of territorial expansion under its tenth monarch, Prithvi Narayan Shah, beginning in 1743 CE. By 1768 CE, through strategic warfare and blockades, Gorkha's borders had expanded outward from its original central hill base to encircle the Kathmandu Valley, reaching the Tibet border to the north, the Sunkoshi River and Mahabharata range to the east, the Churia hills and Makwanpur to the south, and the Marshyangdi River to the west. Following the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley, the capital was sifted to Kathmandu, and the kingdom was renamed to the Kingdom...

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