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History Of Nepal |
Ancient Nepal was divided into many tiny principalities
and ruled by different dynasties. But its present
boundaries are expanded after many decades.
The history of modern Nepal began its evolution in the
sixteenth century with founding of the house of Gorkha
by Darbya Shah in 1559 AD. In 1769 Prithvi Narayan Shah,
the ruler of Gorkha unified these divers kingdoms and
established the general shape of the present borders of
Nepal. The succeeding Nepalese generations have
recognized him as founding father of the nation. Since
that time Kathmandu has been the capital of Nepal, which
was, believe to be a lake in the ancient period. He
started the process of unification of Nepal. By 1814 AD
Nepal was stretching through the Himalayas up to Sutlej
River at the west and Tista River in the east. The
expansion process brought Nepal into conflict with the
British East India Company, resulting into Ango-Nepalese
war from 1814 – 1816. The wars lead to the treaty of
Sugauli there by bringing Nepal to its present sized and
border. After Kiratis, the Lichhavis as the second ruler
of the country began rule 4th to 7th century.
The Mallas were benevolent patrons of the arts and it
was during their reign that a ranaissance of arts,
statues and temples flourished. During the 147th century
Malla ruled this valley for a total period of 568 years.
At that period this country was divided into small
principalities and kingdoms of 24 groups in western and
22 groups in far western Kathmandu valley was divided
into three states of Kantipur, Lalitpur & Bhaktapur.
From the tiny Kingdom of Gorkha, halfway between
Kathmandu and Pokhara the king of Shah dynasty gradually
strengthened and extended their power. In 1768 king
Prithivi Narayan Shah defeated the Malla kings and Nepal
has been ruled by Shah kings ever since. His Majesty
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the eleventh king
in this shah dynasty.
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