Limbuwan

Limbuwan was a league of Limbu kingdoms in the eastern Himalayan hills between the Arun and Teesta rivers. Its kings, called Hang, ruled from hill forts rather than under a single monarch.

After losing eastern lands to Sikkim, the league fragmented in the early fifteenth century. In 1609 Lohang Sen captured the lowland kingdom of Morang; his line ruled until the Limbu minister Buddhi Karna Raya took the throne in 1769. The Limbuwan-Gorkha War of 1771–1774 ended with a collective treaty: ten Limbu rulers submitted to Prithvi Narayan Shah and joined Nepal.