Prithvi Narayan Shah who is also the builder of modern Nepal and one of the greatest Kings Nepal has produced. He was the ruler of Gorkha, a small state in Western Nepal. When he ascended the throne of Gorkha. Nepal was divided into a number of petty states. Within a span of thirty years, Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the various states and unified Nepal.
Prithvi Narayan Shah made Kathmandu the capital of his kingdom and introduced many reforms. his reforms were based on those of Ram Shah, Jayasthiti Malla, and Mahindra Malla. He liked the policies of these kings. Prithvi Narayan Shah's policies can be known from his book, Dibya Upadesh. He was a staunch nationalist. He expelled the Christian missionaries from his kingdom. He thought they were spies of foreign countries. He encouraged the use of handmade cloth. He saw that everybody got justice. He punished the corrupt officials.
Prithvi Narayan Shah wanted to keep his subjects happy. He thought the people were the wealth of a king. He wished that none of his subjects should remain hungry. He used to eat his meal only when he knew that all his subjects had eaten their meal. He ordered the people to eat their morning meal before 9am. He watched the roofs of all houses in Kathamndu to see if smoke came out of every house in Kathmandu to see if smoke came out of every house. For this purpose, he had a nine-story palace built at Basantapur.
Prithvi Narayan HSah ruled his kingdom wisely for thirty years and passed away at the age of fifty-two. He is called the Greatest King of Nepal.
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