The most cursed king is Prithvi Narayan Shah.

The most cursed king in the history of Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah. Prithvi Narayan Shah is not properly evaluated due to his deification by his admirers and demonization in response. If it is a visual defect to not be able to understand a character in history as a chapter in history, then this defect led to his curse.

The statement that if Prithvi Narayan Shah did not exist, there would be no Nepal and no Nepalis is not historically accurate. Nepal and Nepali existed two thousand years before him and historical currents were flowing. Rather, it is certain that he made himself and others Nepali by incorporating a large territory including Gorkha into the then Nepal. The period since then has been called modern Nepal. This is his contribution.

The then Gorkha kingdom was small and weak in every respect. It was despised and isolated from neighboring states including Lamjung. The existence of an independent Gorkha was not acceptable to Lamjung. In this situation, it became imperative to increase contact with the three states under the Nepal Mandal, Kantipur, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. Even though he increased it. In the process, he dived into the weaknesses of these three states and gained dominance over them. He was ambitious and continued his conquest campaign and pushed further east. The desire to compete with his enemy states in the west was fulfilled by his successors. To establish the justification for this expansion of the Gorkha state, his admirers later called it unification.

Everyone loves their own state. The encroachment of other states is not acceptable. They fight back against foreign attacks. There are also excesses in war. Those excesses during war cannot be forgotten. The later rulers had to manage it skillfully, but the Shah dynasty state was immersed in war frenzy. Even after the Shah dynasty monarchy ended and the republic was established, that war frenzy remained. This is an example of his covering up his mistakes, weaknesses and excesses and maintaining a contemptuous attitude towards the victims. After scratching the wounds that should have healed by justifying his deification and excesses, it is natural for the other side to demonize him.

And, Prithvi Narayan Shah became a target for admirers. In this situation, it is necessary to separate from the two extremist streams and study them based on facts.