Kathmandu, Oct. 23 -- Nepali Times reporter Alisha Sijapati spent a month earlier this year retracing the Gorkha expansion beyond the Mahakali River more than 200 years ago.

The Gorkha Empire was on a warpath, and the British East India Company saw it as a threat to its own expansionist ambitions.

This is the fourth in a five-part series that looks back at the bravery of the Gorkhali troops under its legendary generals to defend the newly-conquered territory, but also the historical memory among the local people of an oppressive rule.

The first, second and third episodes in this series are in the Nepali Times archives. The fifth part will appear on 30 October in this space.

The Anglo-Gorkha War officially began in November 1814 and ca...