Prithvi Narayan Shah, The Great, was born in 1723, in the ninth generation of a line of Hindu princes of Gorkha, a hill town whose lands adjoined those of Kathmandu to the east.
Prithvi Narayn Shah had 7 older brothers who were also princes.
mnli hypothesis: Prithvi Narayn Shah had 7 older brothers who were also princes. premise: Prithvi Narayan Shah, The Great, was born in 1723, in the ninth generation of a line of Hindu princes of Gorkha, a hill town whose lands adjoined those of Kathmandu to the east.