The narrow social and territorial base of the Gorkhali leadership precluded the allegiance of subject populations and territories outside the heartland to the Gorkhali dhungo, such as the limbs of the eastern hill region, the thrush and other communities of the Tarai, and the inhabitants of territories beyond the Bheri river, such as Jumla, Doti, Kumaun and Garhwal.
The narrow social and territorial base of the Gorkhali leadership precluded the allegiance of subject populations and territories outside the heartland to the Gorkhali dhungo, such as the limbs of the eastern hill region, the thrush and other communities of the Tarai, and the inhabitants of territories beyond the Bheri river, such as Jumla, Doti, Kumaun and Garhwal.