Five leading Gurkha families contend for power…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

Five leading Gurkha families contend for power in Nepal during this period—the Shahs, Choutariyas, Thapas, Basnyats, and Pandes.

Working for these families and their factions are hill Brahmans, who act as religious preceptors or astrologers, and Newars, who occupy secondary administrative positions.

No one else in the country has any influence on the central government.

When a family or faction achieves power, it kills, exiles, or demotes members of opposing alliances.

Under these circumstances, there is little opportunity for either public political life or coordinated economic development.

Locations
Kathmandu Bagmati Nepal View →

People
Prithvi Narayan Shah View →

Groups
Kirat people View → Bengalis View → Persian people View → Pashtun people (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, or Pathans) View → Buddhism View → Khas peoples View → Indian people View → Chinese (Han) people View → Tibetan people View → Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdoms of View → Rajputs View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Newar people View → Gurkha View → Tibet, Lamacracy of View → Bhutan, Kingdom of View → Sikkim, Kingdom of View → Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → Mughal Empire (Delhi) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → India, East India Company rule in View → Bengal Presidency View → Nepal, Shah Kingdom of View →

Topics
India, Modern View →

Subjects
Faith View → Government View →

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