Kingdom of Nepal 尼泊尔王国
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The Kingdom of Nepal (Nepali:नेपाल अधिराज्य), also known as the Kingdom of Gorkha (Nepali:गोर्खा अधिराज्य), was a kingdom formed in 1768 by the unification of Nepal. Founded by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkhali monarch, it existed for 240 years until the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy in 2008. During this period, Nepal was formally under the rule of the Shah dynasty, which exercised varying degrees of power during the kingdom's existence.