Kingdom of Nepal
The Kingdom of Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल अधिराज्य), also known as the Gorkha Empire (Nepali: गोरखा अधिराज्य), was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia that existed from 1768 to 2008. The kingdom was formed out of the expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkha monarch of the Shah dynasty who claimed to be of Thakuri origin from chaubisi.