The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.211

v1.c14.211

Thus to all practical purposes the dominions of Yakṣamalla soon became divided into two main principalities, *viz.*, that of Katmandu and Bhatgaon. The principalities thus founded were often at variance with each other, and in the course of one of these struggles Raṇajitamalla, king of Bhatgaon (*c.* 1722-54 A.D.) applied for assistance to the Gurkha king Pṛthvī-Nārāyaṇa, who ruled a small principality in the west of the Nepal valley. The introduction of the Gurkhas led to the conquest of the Valley by these sturdy mountaineers in 1768 A.D. The record of this period of about three centuries (*c.* 1480-1768 A.D.) is comparatively modern history and thus lies beyond the scope of the present work.¹