An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of GorkhaHamilton, Francis
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An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal: And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha
Hamilton, Francis
Nepal -- Description and travel; Nepal -- History
Subha Sen had governed thirty-one years of his additional life, when he
had a dispute with Pradyumna Upadhyaya, a Brahman of Tanahung, who was
his Dewan, or minister of finance. This traitor entered into a
conspiracy with a certain officer named Parasuram Thapa, and, in order to
induce this man to rebel, did not hesitate to give him his daughter in
marriage, although the fellow was of the spurious breed called Khas,
descended by the father’s side alone from the sacred order; and this
would appear to be considered as by far the most reprehensible part of
the Brahman’s offence. Having seized on the old Raja, their master,
these traitors intended to deliver him up to Isfundiyar khan, the Nawab
of Puraniya. By this time Indu Bidhata, the infant who had been made
Raja of Marang, had grown up, and, hearing of his uncle’s misfortune, led
an army against the Nawab and the traitors, and was accompanied by his
brother Budha Sen. Having obtained a victory, he restored his uncle;
but, while they were still in the midst of their joy, Kalu Upadhyaya, a
relation of the treacherous Brahman, contrived to seize on both the uncle
and nephews, and again delivered them to the Nawab, who had made the most
liberal promises. It was on this occasion that the Moslems reduced the
greater part of the low country of Morang, and, in fact, they settled
some free land on the family of the traitor, but to no great extent, and
vastly less than was expected. One of his descendants is now the Munsuf
at Bahadurgunj, mentioned above as one of the persons from whom I
received information respecting this principality.
The unfortunate Subha and his nephews were sent to Dilli, where Muhammed
Azim, then emperor, deprived them of cast by a curtailment of which the
faithful are proud.
Prabodh das, the then Neb, or second hereditary minister of the family,
fled with the two sons of Subha Sen to the Kirats, and his descendant,
who gave me the written account, alleges that it was then only that the
chiefs of this tribe were elevated to the dignity of Chautariya; but in
this, I imagine, he is mistaken.
Mahapati, the eldest son, was placed by the Kirat Bidyachandra Ray on the
throne of all that remained to the family east from the Kamala river,
while the smaller portion west from that river was given to his brother
Manik, to whom Prabodh das adhered; but a Kirat of the same family with
Bidyachandra acted as the Chautariya of Manik, and Mahapati had a Neb of
the family of Prabodh das.
Mahapati married, but neglected his wife, and had eighteen illegitimate
children. Mahapati means elder son, and I was assured by the Munsuf of
Bahadurgunj, that his real name was Mandhata. Here, indeed, I must
follow chiefly the authority of the Munsuf; for the descendant of Prabodh
das is little acquainted with the history of the eastern division, while
the Munsuf was naturally unwilling to speak of the western.
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