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When Jayanta Rana heard this bad news, he went to Belkot instead of Nuwakot.
Prithvi Narayan Shah along with his Gorkhali troop followed him to Belkot, He was
asked for surrender and side with Gorkha but he refused saying “of course, I’m yours,
but I’m obliged to Jaya Prakash Malla”. Then under the command of Kaalu Pandey,
the Gorkhali force attacked Belkot and conquered. Jayanta Rana was arrested and
his skin peeled-off alive. Prithvi Narayan Shah wanted to teach lesson to others that
a betrayer to the Gorkhali soldiers would face the same plight. In this way, after
getting victory over Nuwakot, Gorkha got many benefits.

Victory over Dahachowk, Naladum and Mahadev Pokhari

Prithvi Narayan Shah continued his attempt to surround the Kathmand Valley after
the victory over Nuwakot. Under the command of Tularam Pandey, the Gorkhali
troop captured Dahachowk. Similarly, under the command of Kalu Pandey captured
Naladum and Mahadev Pokhari in BS 1811.

First Attack on Kirtipur

After the victory over Nuwakot, Prithvi Narayan Shah was very excited to conquer
Kirtipur. Though it was against the wish of Army chief Kalu Pandey, Prithvi Narayan
Shah attacked Kirtipur in Bhadra 9, 1814. Gorkhali soldiers couldn’t sustain long
in front of well-equipped 4000 soldiers of united force. Kalu Pandey lost his life and
Prithvi Narayan Shah himself had a narrow escape. He saved his life by running
overnight to Nuwakokt. Total of 400 Gorkhali soldiers were killed in this battle.

Conquest of Makawanpur

Digbandhan Sen was the king of Makwanpur after the death of Hemkarna Sen.
Prithvi Narayan Shah didn’t have good relationship with Digbandhan Sen. So,
Digbandhan Sen established good relationship with Kantipur. Prithvi Narayan Shah
decided to attack on Makwanpur as his eldest wife Indra Kumari was already dead,
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it had become easy to invade on it. On 9 Bhadra 1819 the Gorkhali troop invaded
on Makwanpur. 400 soldiers of Makwanpur were killed. Digbandhan Sen and his
minister Kanak Singh fled to Hariharpur Gadhi to take shelter. Digbandhan took help
from Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal to invade Makwanpur. Under the command of
Gurgin Khan 2000 army came to Makwanpur but they didn’t know the geography of
the hilly area. So some armies swept away by temporary flood created by the Gorkhali
soldiers and rest of them were either killed or chased away. In this way Makwanpur
was annexed into the Gorkha Kingdom.

The Gorkhalese further marched ahead to annex Bara, Parsa, Mahottari, Sarlahi
in the Terai and Panauti, Dhulikhel and Banepa nearby the Kathmandu valley and
tighter the economic blockade over the Kathmandu valley. How did Gorkhali king got
victory over valley kingdoms? The details you will learn in the next chapter.

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