Rana Bahadur Shah ascended the throne of Nepal as an infant in 1777 following the death of his father Pratap Singh Shah, with the kingdom governed by a succession of regents throughout his minority. His reign was marked by political instability severe enough that he was eventually forced into exile in British India in 1800 — an almost unprecedented humiliation for a Shah monarch. The copper coinage of this period reflects that administrative turbulence; production continuity depended on whoever held effective power at Kathmandu, not the nominal ruler.
Rana Bahadur Shah ascended the throne of Nepal as an infant in 1777 following the death of his father Pratap Singh Shah, with the kingdom governed by a succession of regents throughout his minority. His reign was marked by political instability severe enough that he was eventually forced into exile in British India in 1800 — an almost unprecedented humiliation for a Shah monarch. The copper coinage of this period reflects that administrative turbulence; production continuity depended on whoever held effective power at Kathmandu, not the nominal ruler.