Baise Rajya ( ne, बाइसे राज्यहरू, ) were sovereign and intermittently allied petty kingdoms on the

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, ruled by

Khas Khas people (; ne, खस) popularly known as Khas Arya are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Himalayan region of South Asia, what is now present-day Nepal, Indian states of Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Sikkim. Historicall ...

from medieval Nepal, located around the Karnali- Bheri river basin of modern-day

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. The ''Baise'' were annexed during the

unification of Nepal The Unification of Nepal, also known as Expansion of Gorkha Kingdom, officially began in 1743 AD (1799 BS) after King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha launched an aggressive annexation campaign seeking to broaden his own kingdom's border. After ...

from 1744 to 1810. The kingdom's founder

Prithvi Narayan Shah Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) ( ne, श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव) was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the ...

(ruled 1743–1775) did not live to see this, but his son and grandson annexed the entire collection by the end of the 18th century. The 24 principalities were Jumla, Doti, Jajarkot, Bajura, Gajur, Malneta, Thalahara,

Dailekh District Dailekh District ( ne, दैलेख जिल्ला ) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dailekh as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 225,201 in 2001 an ...

, Dullu, Duryal, Dang, Sallyana, Chilli, House of Tulsipur, Darnar, Account of the Kingdom of Nepal, and of the Territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton (formerly Buchanan) M.D., 1819 Atbis Gotam, Majal, Gurnakot, and

Rukum Rukum District ( ne, रुकुम जिल्ला) was a "hill" and "mountain" district some west of Kathmandu partially belonging to Lumbini Province and partially to Karnali Province before split into two districts Western Rukum and E ...

. These Baise along with Chaubisi rajya states were ruled by Khas and several decentralized tribal polities.

List of Rajyas (22 states)

A parallel confederation of 24 principalities '' Chaubisi rajya'' ( ne, चौबिसी राज्य) occupied most of the Gandaki basin east of the ''Baisi''.

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List of Rajyas (22 states)

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