Nepal's 1722 Treaty with Tibet: A Lost Himalayan Accord
Long before Prithvi Narayan Shah's unification campaigns, the Nepali hill kingdom of Gorkha navigated a complex relationship with Tibet and the Qing Empire. In 1722, Gorkha's King Nara Bhupal Shah—father of the unifier—signed a little-known treaty with the Tibetan government in Lhasa. This episode examines that accord: its terms, the context of shifting power in the Himalayan trade corridors, and how it foreshadowed later Gorkha ambitions. We discuss the role of the Tashi Lama, the strategic salt-for-grain trade, and the delicate balance Gorkha struck between the Mughal periphery and the Tibetan Buddhist world. The treaty also reveals early hints of the 'two-nation policy' that Prithvi Narayan Shah would later articulate. Drawing on rare references from Nepali chronicles and Tibetan sources, we explore a forgotten chapter of Nepal's pre-unification diplomacy.
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