The Gorkha Conquest of the Kathmandu Valley in 1769
Lucas and Luna dive into the final phase of Prithvi Narayan Shah's campaign to conquer the Kathmandu Valley, focusing on the siege of Kantipur in 1769. They discuss the strategic blockade of trade routes, the use of famine as a weapon, the role of the Newar king Jaya Prakash Malla, and the controversial alliance between Kantipur and the British East India Company. The episode also covers the fall of Patan and Bhaktapur, the Dibya Upadesh, and the establishment of Kathmandu as the capital of a unified Nepal.
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