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 The
Kathmandu
Valley
is
noted
in
some
history
books
for
some
archaeological
evidence
dated
from
900
BC.
The
Buddha
is
also
to
have
spent
some
time
in
what
is
Patan
today,
during
6 th
Century
BC.
In
the
3 rd
Century
BC,
the
Indian
emperor,
Ashoka,
who
is
from
the
Mauryan
Dynasty,
has
built
four
‘Stupas’
or
pillars
around
Patan.
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After
these
events,
the
following
dynasties
have
ruled
the
Kathmandu
Valley:
the
Kirat
dynasty;
the
Licchavi
dynasty
from
464
AD;
the
Malla
dynasty
between
the
12
and
17
th
centuries;
Prithvi
Narayan
Shah
invaded
Nepal
and
his
dynasty
started
to
rule
it
from
1758-
the
birth
of
modern
Nepal. |
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During
the
Anglo-Nepalese
war
(1815-16),
parts
of
Nepal
(e.g,
Sikkim)
were
annexed
by
the
British
East
India
Company
in
return
for
Nepal
to
have
complete
autonomy
of
its
own.
From
1846,
Jung
Bahadur
came
to
power
and
founded
the
Rana
dynasty,
which
came
to
be
pro-British
and
supported
Britain
during
the
1857
Sepoy
Mutiny
in
India,
and
the
two
world
wars.
In
1923,
the
UK
and
Nepal
signed
a
friendship
agreement,
in
which
the
UK
recognised
Nepal
as
an
independent
nation. |
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