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ID: 8711756
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711756
Record Type:
administrative
Gorkha Kingdom (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 28 24 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 28.4000
decimal degrees
Long: 084 30 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 84.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
Former kingdom located in western Nepal, established in 1559. The kingdom expanded over centuries until the country of Nepal was officially established in the 20th century.
Names:
Gorkha Kingdom
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Gorkha
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
P
)
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Nepāl
(nation) (
P
)
............
Gorkha Kingdom
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
kingdom (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Gorkha..........
[
VP
]
.................
Upadhyay, Kingdom Orphaned, Manoa (2001)
49
Gorkha Kingdom..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Bhattarai, Nepal (2008)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Bhattarai, Nepal (2008)
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
..........
Bhattarai, Nepal (2008)
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