Before Jung Bahadur’s bloody coup or the Gurkha regiments marched to India, there was Prithvi Narayan Shah, the king who carved modern Nepal from a dozen squabbling principalities. This episode explores the strategic mind behind the unification campaign in the late eighteenth century. We trace his journey from the small hill kingdom of Gorkha to the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley, examining how he navigated the complex politics of the Malla kingdoms and the looming threat of the British East India Company. Through the lens of his famous Divya Upadesh, we uncover the geopolitical vision that defined Nepal’s identity as a buffer state. Join us as we dissect the military campaigns, the diplomatic maneuvering, and the cultural synthesis that turned a collection of fragmented valleys into a cohesive nation, setting the stage for everything that followed.
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