Makwanpur

Makwanpur lies in the hills south of the Kathmandu Valley, where the fortified site of Makwanpurgadhi guarded the approaches from the plains. It was the seat of a kingdom that stood in the path of the growing Gorkha state. In 1762 Gorkhali forces defeated the army of Makwanpur there after a battle lasting several hours. The fort was again a battlefield in 1816, when an East India Company army defeated Nepalese forces during the Anglo-Nepalese War.