Gorkha, situated at 140kilometere west of Kathmandu at an altitude of 1,135 meter, is the ancestral home town of the Nepal's ruling royal family. Gorkha is only 25 kilometer road off the main highway connecting Pokhara and Kathmandu brings you to an ancient Gorkha the untouched and captivating town of Nepal. A brief visit on the way to or from Pokhara would provide more insights into Nepal than one is likely to get at lakeside in Pokhara.
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In the middle of eighteenth century there were hundreds of small kingdoms and principalities in what is today's Nepal. The great Prithivi Narayan Shah took the mammoth task of unifying Nepal in the eighteen century. The Gorkha soldiers under his dynamic leadership eventually succeeded in conquering the Kathmandu valley. His Gorkha palace resides on top of hill atan altitude of 3281 feet(about 1000meter). The king would watch-over his people as far as his eyes could see from the tallest palace in the very centre of Nepal. Gorkha offers panoramic view of snow-fed mountain. The capital of greater Nepal was sifted to Kathmandu since then. but this beautiful township has always remained as the center of attraction for many Nepalese as well as foreign visitors.
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