Sino-Nepalese War

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Sino-Nepalese War
Date 1788–1792 Location Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim Result Gorkha victory against Tibet in 1789 Qing victory against Gorkhas in 1792[1] Stalemate near Nepal's Kathmandu Treaty of Betrawati Nepal maintains diplomacy and pays tribute to Qing Empire.
Belligerents
Qing dynasty Tibet  Sikkim	Kingdom of Nepal Gorkhalis
Commanders and leaders
Qianlong Emperor Fuk'anggan 8th Dalai Lama	Rana Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shah Damodar Pande Abhiman Singh Basnyat Kirtiman Singh Basnyat
Strength
10,000[citation needed]	5,000[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Sino-Nepalese War (Nepali: नेपाल-चीन युद्ध), also known as the Sino-Gorkha War and in Chinese as the campaign of Gorkha (Chinese: 廓爾喀之役), was a war fought between the Qing dynasty of China and the Kingdom of Nepal in the late 18th century following an invasion of Tibet by the Nepalese Gorkhas. It was initially fought between Gorkhas and Tibetan armies in 1788 over a trade dispute related to a long-standing problem of low-quality coins manufactured by Nepal for Tibet. The Nepalese Army under Bahadur Shah plundered Tibet which was a Qing protectorate and Tibetans signed the Treaty of Kerung paying annual tribute to Nepal. However, Tibetans requested Chinese intervention and the Chinese imperial military forces under Fuk'anggan were sent to Tibet and repulsed the Gurkhas from the Tibetan plateau in 1792.^[2] Sino-Tibetan forces marched into Nepal up to Nuwakot (near Nepal's capital Kathmandu) but faced a strong Nepalese counterattack. Thus, both countries signed the Treaty of Betrawati as a stalemate.^[3][1] The war ended with Nepal accepting terms dictated by China. Nepal became a tribute state under Qing (Nepal maintains diplomacy and pays tribute). Nepal paid tribute to China in 1792, 1794, 1795, 1823, 1842 and 1865.^[4] Both Nepal and Tibet also agreed to accept the suzerainty of the Qing emperor.