Gorkha King Rama Shah: Introducer of Many Laws or Muluki Ain or Edicts

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -3

  

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -522

                        By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student)

                    Rama Shah (1606-1636)

  Rama Shah was grandson of Dravya shah and got crown after death of his elder brother Kshtra Shah. Their father Purendra Shah ruled Gorkha Land for thirty five year and Kshatra Shah only for seven months. King Rama Shah established a monastery in 1936 .

  It is said that Rama Shah extended the Gorkha territories Trisuli valley near Nepal proper;He extended his rule up to Tibet and west too.

 Rama Shah sent his missionaries to Delhi, Udaipur and Patan.

 Besides, skill in foreign relations, he became famous for law giver in Central and West Nepal. Gorkha became the place where disputes were resolved.

Gorkhavamsavali states that Rama Shah used to resolve disputes. There are 26 or 27 edicts in Gorkhavamsavali and it is said that Rama Shah promulgated a small porticos of those dictates. These edicts are not codes but are single order proclaims. They cover following topics-

1-The Royal Guru

2-On Measures

3-On Weights

4-About Debts of Grains

5-On Money Debts

6-On disputes over watering places

7- On Disputes over Oil Presses

8-On Irrigation canal Disputes

9-On Rewards of Land to Brahmins

10-Six Clans

11-Pasture for Cattle

12-On Preservation of Trees on road side

13- On Preservation of Trees at Watering Sources

14-On Banishment of Brahmin and their kin committing murder

15-On Execution of Members of other group committing murder

16-On Wearing Gold

18-Edicts lost

19-Duties of Brahmins

20 Duties of Pande Brahmins in Gorkha

21-On Worship in Talla Kot and Darbar

22-On Appointments of Dada etc

23-On Harvest Division

24-On Twelve and Eighteen Thar

25-On Agreement of Kingdom of Patan with King of King Siddhi Narsimha Malla

26-On touching stone in Expiation

27-On Witches

(From –Gyevali , 1933, Rama Shah ko Jivani, Darjeeling and www.lawcommision.gov.np )

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com26/12/2014

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -523

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

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                    Reference

Hamilton F.B. 1819, An Account of Kingdom of Nepal and the territories

Colnol Kirkpatrik 1811, An Account of Kingdom of Nepal

Dr S.P Dabral, Uttarakhand ka Itihas part 5, Veer Gatha Press, Dogadda

Bandana Rai, 2009 Gorkhas,: The Warrior Race

Gorkhavamsavali, Kashi, Bikram Samvat 2021  

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