Prithvi Narayan Shah was the last monarch of the Gorkha Kingdom and the founding monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal, also referred to as the Gorkha Empire. He is credited with initiating the Unif
Portrait of Prithvi Narayan Shah
Statues of Prithvi Narayan Shah and his two wives, Indira Kumari Devi and Narendra Rajya Laxmi Devi.
Contemporary painting of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, preserved in the Old Palace, Kathmandu.
Prithvi Narayan Shah consulting with his first Army Chief (Senapati) Shivaram Singh Basnyat.
The Gorkha Kingdom, also known as the Gorkha Confederation or the Gorkha Empire, was one of the 24 Khasa principally state or Chaubisi states, situated at the junction of the Himalayas and the Indian
Prithvi Narayan Shah
…Prithvi Narayan Shah (Nepali: पृथ्वीनारायण शाह; 7 January 1723 – 11 January 1775) was the last monarch of the Gorkha Kingdom and the founding monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal, also referred to as the Gorkha Empire. He is credited with initiating the Unification of Nepal…
The old king's Darbar at Gorkha
Mohar of Gorkha king Prithvi Narayan Shah dated Saka Era 1685 (1763 CE)
Khas or Kus group, Gorkha, dominant tribe, Nepal
Postage stamp issued by Gorkha government in 1907