Gorkha Kingdom

E192472
Himalayan state former kingdom

The Gorkha Kingdom was a historic Himalayan state that unified much of what is now Nepal and became a major regional power before confronting the British East India Company in the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Gorkha 4
Kingdom of Nepal 2
Gorkha Kingdom canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan state ⓘ
former kingdom ⓘ
capital Gorkha Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gorkha
commonName Gorkha Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gorkha
conflict Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ
conflictEnd 1816 ⓘ
conflictStart 1814 ⓘ
confronted British East India Company ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
conventionalLongName Gorkha Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Gorkha
country Nepal ⓘ
currency mohar ⓘ
endDate 1768 ⓘ
ethnicBase Khas people ⓘ
expandedInto Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
western Nepal ⓘ
fortificationType hill forts ⓘ
founder Dravya Shah ⓘ
foundingDynasty Shah dynasty ⓘ
foundingEvent enthronement of Dravya Shah as king of Gorkha ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
language Nepali ⓘ
laterKnownFor Gurkha soldiers in British and Indian armies ⓘ
legalSystem Hindu law ⓘ
mergedInto Kingdom of Nepal ⓘ
militaryReputation strong mountain infantry ⓘ
modernLegacy basis of modern state of Nepal ⓘ
neighboringPolity Khwopa ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bhaktapur

Kingdom of Nepal ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Kathmandu

Kingdom of Patan ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet
notableRuler Narbhupal Shah ⓘ
Prithvi Narayan Shah ⓘ
Ram Shah ⓘ
notableSite Gorkha Durbar ⓘ
notableTemple Gorkha Kalika Temple ⓘ
predecessorState small hill principality of Gorkha ⓘ
presentLocation Nepal ⓘ
region Himalayas ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Shah dynasty ⓘ
startDate 1559 ⓘ
successorState Kingdom of Nepal ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Sugauli ⓘ
unificationOf many petty hill principalities in the central Himalayas ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Nepalese War → belligerent → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
Kathmandu Valley → historicalCapitalOf → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Nepal
Khas Kura → usedBy → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorkha Kingdom administration (historical)
Gandaki Province → containsCity → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorkha
Treaty of Sugauli → involvedConflictParty → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurkha Kingdom
Battle of Nalapani → opponent → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Nepal
Gorkha Kingdom → conventionalLongName → Gorkha Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Gorkha
Gorkha Kingdom → commonName → Gorkha Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorkha
Gorkha Kingdom → capital → Gorkha Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorkha
Gorkha District → hasCapital → Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorkha