I have no idea what the pictures may be named, but the man in the picture appears to me to look like pictures i've seen of Amar Singh Thapa.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=674412&highlight=amar+singh+thapa
But it could be paintings of one of a number of older Shah kings of Nepal.
I am not well versed enough to be able to tell which one, just by the image.
I do suspect it would be one of the kings.
Check this link: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&start=240&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&ndsp=20&tbs=isch:1
Prithivi Narayan Shah (1769-1775 A.D.)
Pratap Singh Shah (1775-1777 A.D.)
Rana Bahadur Shah (1775 - 1860 AD)
Rajendra Bikram Shah
Surendra Bikram Shah
Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah Born: 1875 A.D Ascended: 1881 A.D Died: 1911 A.D
This model of Khukuri knife is named Amar Singh Thapa and is a replica of
the original Knife used by General Amar Singh Thapa, 250 years ago, in a war fought to centralize Nepal.
Prior to that time, Nepal was a series of different principalities, some ruled by British forces.
At the time,the Ghorka King was Prithivi Narayan Shah and Amar Singh Thapa waged war to unify Nepal by serving
his King. To this day, he is highly regarded as one of the National Heroes of Nepal.
His major achievement was the unification of Nepal, which he accomplished by the annexation of several
western principalities to the Kingdom of Nepal, like Jumla, Doti, Kumaon, Garwal, Dehradun, Srinagar, Kanga and Palpa.
He served as the Nepalese caretaker of the western principalities and protectorates west of the Mahakali River,
while waging small wars with the King of Punjab, Ranjit Singh. Amar Singh Thapa defended the western fronts of
Nahan, Chamba, Almora, Kangra, Saharanpur and Dehradrin against the assault of his British counterpart, General David Ochterriony.
The Sugauli Treaty was not to his liking and he preferred, instead, a temporary armistice in order to maintain the
possibility to claim the Nepalese possessions ceded to the British.
Another accomplishment of this National Hero of Nepal was the Temple of the Goddess Ganga, which he built in the
early 19th century. His temple is still the central heart of the town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand, India. To this day, it is
one of the four sites in the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit, the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas.
Amar Singh Thapa retired from service to his King and died on his pilgrimage to Gosaikunda. Historical records indicate
that he carried this knife named for him during some of his battles for Nepalese unification.
Amar Singh Thapa
