Talk:Prithvi Narayan Shah

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This piece reads like a school textbook. Can anybody from nepal confirm?

Moved this from King Prithivi Narayan Shah
Not sure if this material is of use? I suspect it's copyright as it is a direct copy from here by User:Dpsannu. MidgleyDJ 08:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

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Prithvi Narayan Shah (1769-1775 A.D.), with whom we move into the modern period of Nepal's history, was the ninth generation descendant of Dravya Shah ( 1559-1570 A.D.), the founder of the ruling house of Gorkha.

King Prithvi Narayan Shah passed away in January, 1775 A.D. at the age of 52. The Kingdom of Nepal, which he founded,

King Prithvi Narayan Shah was succeeded by his eldest son Pratap Singh Shah (1775-1777 A.D.) who enjoyed a quite brief rule.

King Pratap Singh Shah was succeeded by his infant son Rana Bahadur Shah ( 1777-1779 A.D.). The guardianship of the infant king was at first given to Bahadur Shah, the king's uncle. But later, Rajendra Laxmi, the widowed queen mother, took over the regency herself and forced Bahadur Shah into exile. Most of the Chaubisi principalities were annexed to the Kingdom of Nepal during her regency.

Nepal's boundary in the west was extended as far as Kumaon (Almorah) in 1792 A.D. when the country became entangled on a war with China in 1788 and 1791 over a trade dispute. This war was concluded with the signing of a peace treaty between Nepal and China. After this war, the extension of territory in the west was resumed and Nepalese forces occupied the areas up to Kangra by the first decade of the 19th century. 76.80.9.100 17:57, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

When did the royal family add "Shah" to their name?
It has no record whatsoever. It's a Persian honorific, from the same root as Kshatriya. I don't think they actually called themselves "Shah" until later on, maybe after the lifetime of Prithvi Narayan. It would be good to document this, and to find out what their previous name was.

"Rana" may be another honorific. What are its origins and when did it come into play? 76.80.9.100 17:36, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The ancestors of those who called themselves "Shah" were known as "Khan" (Mincha Khan, etc). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.199.146.131 (talk) 19:05, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Capital of Nepal
Kathmandu was the capital of Nepal before Prithvi Narayan Shah. See Page 50 of

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:C8hQgCDo-QUJ:himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ancientnepal/pdf/ancient_nepal_25_05.pdf+kuti+necbal&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi1sCufbZ0miDrM87qYQinPM-tdnLbKdy_9dVkkHEDDtBrFP0WMe5YCb8ugsjinxRuW5wg8jKoxs34VWa0NrMQE-EIVTF4XkqE_fBaCIaehWaSTSd667Yba6th7UQufXvovZL_H&sig=AHIEtbSJJa1YFxA2dpP--Pxsz3HtiKVAQA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.199.146.131 (talk) 19:21, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Inclusive history
The article isn't written from an inclusive perspective of history. Just like the history of Colombus, the divide between Indigenous and Whites; the Australia Day debate; the Hitler for Jews, etc. Prithvi Narayan Shah also has controversial history. Wikipedia rules allows things from neutral point of view. The article over powers the narrative of 'unification' and dismisses the narrative of 'colonization'. Future editors need to present both the sides of arguments together juxtaposed to maintain inclusivity of history. - नेपालीमुक्ती (talk) 13:31, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Prithivi Narayan Shah
Need an intro 113.199.230.215 (talk) 14:22, 31 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks 2405:ACC0:1204:1D03:ED14:E27E:A834:D9A2 (talk) 01:01, 28 September 2023 (UTC)