[5][6] Guru Gobind Singh makes mention of Gurkhas in the Dasam Granth, stating:[7] "Gorkhas [sic] sing thy praises, the residents of China and Manchuria bow their heads before thee and the Tibetans destroy their own sufferings by remembering thee.

"Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani Jind Kaur, the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849.

A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.

Clause 4 of the treaty freed the remaining Sikh prisoners-of-war still held in Tibetan captivity whom were captured in 1841.

[9] This clause was included in the treaty at the behest of Gulab Singh of Kashmir to free the remaining prisoners.