Why read Ayo Gorkhali?

Book cover of Ayo Gorkhali: A History of the Gurkhas

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Nepal, 1767. The tiny kingdom of Gorkha is on the ascendant under its ruler Prithvi Narayan Shah. Over the next few decades, his Gorkhali army establishes a mighty kingdom, the borders of which extend from Kangra in the west to the Teesta river in the east. The territory encompasses a…

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1 author picked Ayo Gorkhali as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alan Mercel-Sanca

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This book is rightly in my top five ‘must-read’ books list. It provides essential reading for anyone interested in the Gurkha golden thread from the earliest days of the creation of the state [formerly kingdom] of Nepal, the Gurkhas' crucial role in British history of the colonial period, and the unlooked-for race relations impacts in the UK of the 2020s.

As an intercultural educationalist of Nepali culture and respected ally of the Gurkha community (providing three BBC TV News live interviews across the period of the heroic Gurkha Satyagraha – whose lead personally presented me with Mr. Gurung’s groundbreaking book…

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