52 Abode oj Gods
Daughty fighters were Gorkhas,
Guns roared all around the hills.
They raised such thunder and fire
That the downfall of Srmagar
Seems imminent, and comes.
Pradyumna Shah fled to Saharanpur and the Gorkhas in their
goose chase succeeded in annexing Dehradun in 1804. Pradyumna
Shah did not sit idle and continued to counter Gorkhas with the
help of Britishers who ultimately drove them away from Dehradun
arid Garhwal after a series of campaigns which ended with the
treaty of Sigauli in 1814-15* As per terms of the treaty Kali river
was fixed as the western limit of Nepal.and the Britishers annexed
the entire Uttarakhand except Tehri Garhwal which lies east of
Alaknanda and MandakinL Sudharshan Shah (1814—1350) was
the first ruler of Garhwal with his capital at Tehri. It has now
been divided into the twin districts of Tehri Garhwal and
UttarkashL
The Garhwal kings were great builders of places and patronised
fine arts, Maularam lived in the court of Pauwar kings at
Srinagar.