Editing Kingdom of Nepal (section)

====Origins====
[[File:Prithvi_Narayan_Shah_(oldest_picture).jpg|thumb|[[Prithvi Narayan Shah]] the last king of the Gorkhas and the first king of the Nepalese kingdom after successfully conquering]]
The country was expanded from the one of the [[Chaubisi Rajya|Chaubise principality]] called the [[Gorkha Kingdom]].{{sfn|Whelpton|2005}}{{page needed|date=June 2023}} In Nepal, the warrior people are not referred to as 'Gurkhas', they are called 'Gorkhalis', meaning the 'inhabitants of Gorkha.' Their famed battle cry is ''"Jai [[Kali]], Jai [[Gorakhnath]], Jai [[Manakamana Temple|Manakamana]]"''.{{sfn|Hamal|1995|p=98}}
 
The etymology of the geographical name 'Gorkha' is indeed related to the Hindu mendicant-saint [[Gorakshanath|Gorakhnath]]. In the village of Gorkha, there is a temple dedicated to Gorakhnath as well as another dedicated to Gorakhkali, a corresponding female deity. The Nepali geographical encyclopedia ''<nowiki/>'Mechi dekhi Mahakali''' (From Mechi to Mahakali) published in [[Vikram Samvat|B.S.]] 2013 (1974–75 AD) by the authoritarian Panchayat government to mark the coronation of King Birendra Shah agrees with the association of the name of the place with the saint but does not add any further detail.<ref name="Mechi-dekhi Mahakali p. 70">'Mechi-dekhi Mahakali, Vol. 3, Paschimanchal Bikas Kshetra' p. 70</ref> The facts regarding when the temples were built and the place named after the saint are lost in the sweeping winds of time. We may guess that these developments took place in the early part of the second millennium of the Common Era following the rise of the Nath sect. In fact, the pilgrimage circuit of the sect across the northern Indian sub-continent also spans a major part of Nepal including the Kathmandu Valley. The [[Newar people|Newars]] of Medieval Nepal have a couple of important temples and festivals dedicated to the major Nath teachers. Immediately before the rule of Gorkha by the Shahs, [[Gorkha Kingdom|Gorkha]] was inhabited by both aboriginee Aryan and Tibetan Mongoloid ethnic groups [[Magars]] the largest among the ethnic groups and ruled by the [[Magars]], Khadka Magar sub-clan of Rana-Magar and Ghale Magar sub-clan of Thapa-Magar clan, who were probably of [[Magars|Magar]] origin. At first, [[Dravya Shah]] captured [[liglig|Liglig-kot]] kingdom from [[Magars]] King Dalsur Ghale Magar.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2016|title=King Dalsur Ghale Magar - Liglig-Kot, The Tradition of selecting the King - by Magar People|author=|work= Organising committee convenor, Purna Bahadur Rana|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/anish-thapa-magar-wins-crown-liglige-race-gorkha}}</ref>   Gangaram Rana Magar also helped Drabya Shah. After captured Ligligkot, (now Gorkha) [[Dravya Shah]] defeated the King [[Mansingh Khadka Magar]] in 1559 AD and commenced Shah rule over the principality.<ref name= "Mechi-dekhi Mahakali p. 70"/> [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]] belonged to the ninth generation of the Shahs in Gorkha. He took the reins of power in 1742 AD.<ref>Sharma, Devi Prasad, ''Adhunik Nepal-ko Itihas (1742–1961 AD).'' [[Ratna Pustak Bhandar]]. Kathmandu. 1995.</ref>