History of Asal Hindustan

Asal Hindustan (Devanagari: असल हिन्दुस्तान) was a historical name of the Kingdom of Nepal establishment by the Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah during the 18th century CE. The term Asal Hindustan was coined by the Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah for his newly conquered territories. The King Prithvi Narayan Shah unified Nepal in the 18th century. He used the term Asal Hindustan to distinguish his kingdom from the northern Indian plains, which were then under the Mughal rule and pejoratively called as Mughlana.