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Prithvi Narayan Shah was born prematurely on 7 January 1723 as the first child of Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyavati Devi in the Gorkha Palace. [10] [11] Idols of PrithviNarayan Shah with his two wives. Prince Prithvi Narayan Shah's education began at age five through the appropriate ceremony.
Divyopadesh (Nepali: दिव्योपदेश, lit. 'Divine Counsel; [1] Divine Teachings [2] '), also Divya Upadesh, is a collection of teachings from Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founding monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal, as imparted by him to his courtiers and royal priests, toward the end of his life, around 1774–75. [3]
In 1736, the Gorkhali king Nara Bhupal Shah launched an attack on Nuwakot, a border town and fort in the northwest of the valley, to probe its defences. His troops were badly defeated. [8] His son Prithvi Narayan Shah became king in 1742 and resumed the campaign.
King Prithvi Narayan Shah, the last king of Gorkha Kingdom (1743–1768) and the first Shah king of Nepal (1768–1775) In 1743, Prithvi Narayan Shah became the ruler of Gorkha. He declared war on other principalities, defeating them one by one. In September 1768, he established the unified kingdom of Gorkha.
Prithvi Narayan Shah wanted to use the occasion to invade Tanahun and annex it. However, he was advised against an open attack as King Tribikram Sen of Tanahun was an old friend of his father's. Prithvi Narayan Shah thus invited Tribikram Sen to the banks of the Trishuli river on the pretext of a friendly visit and then took him into custody.
Kathmandu is declared the capital of Nepal with Prithvi Narayan Shah as the ruler of the unified country. 1775 1831 Prithvi Narayan Shah dies; his son Pratap Singh Shah is crowned king. [1] 1777 1834 Pratap Singh Shah dies; Rana Bahadur Shah is crowned king. [1] 1799 1855 Rana Bahadur Shah abdicates the throne; Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah is ...
Prithvi Narayan Shah was the first ruler of "unified" Nepal. However, prior to 1768, the modern-day Nepal consisted of various small kingdoms, among which Shah Kings continued to rule in a few of them (notably in Gorkha). So the actual history of the Shah dynasty dates much before Prithvi Narayan Shah. [11]
In fact, the occupation of a capital by an army without bloodshed and plunder had few parallels in the history of the world." [24] He further argues that: Prithvi Narayan Shah had no imperialistic ambition. His sole aim was to unify Nepal. This explains why he did not treat Kathmandu as a vanquished city and plunder it.