[2] Exhausted by a prolonged siege and much bloody fighting, the Newars surrendered when the Gorkhalis threatened to cut off their noses, like during the Battle of Kirtipur, and also their right arms.

Rajya Praksah Malla had commanded his Army but the six Pradhans did not want the King to conduct his work smoothly and efficiently, and a disagreement arose between them.

Genealogical records show that Kaji Kalidas Pradhans' son was married to Maiju Thakurni who was also taken up as his wife by king Bishwojit Malla.

After ruling for one and half year, when Jaya Prakash Malla went to take a bath at Teku, the Pradhans made sure that the King would never return to Patan again banishing him away.

In 1857 (date needs verification since he died in 1769), after the Gorkhalis won Kantipur, Jaya Prakash Malla sought asylum in Patan.

Lalitpur contained 24,000 houses, and its southern boundary extended to a distance of four days' journey to the kingdom of Makwanpur.

[5] The Gorkhalis from the neighboring kingdom of Gorkha coveted the valley due to its rich culture, trade, industry and agriculture.

[6] In 1736, the Gorkhali king Nara Bhupal Shah launched an attack on Nuwakot, a border town and fort in the northwest of the valley, and was roundly defeated.

His forces occupied strategic passes in the surrounding hills, and strangled the vital trade links with Tibet and India.

[11] In a bid to cause a famine, Shah prevented any grain from passing into the valley, and blockade runners were hung from the trees on the roads.

In August 1767, Captain George Kinloch led a British force towards the valley to rescue its beleaguered inhabitants.

[13] He reached within 75 km of Kathmandu and captured the forts at Sindhuli and Hariharpur, but was forced to retreat after supplies ran out and his troops mutinied.

[15] Not being able to take Lalitpur even after a long siege and a series of fierce clashes, Shah decided to change his tactics.

These secret negotiations convinced the Malla kings of Lalitpur and Kathmandu (who had sought refuge there after its capture by the Gorkhalis) that they were going to be betrayed, and they fled to Bhaktapur.