Prithvi Narayan Shah Pallo Kirat is a kingdom that existed until it was annexed to Nepal in 1831. It is mentioned in various documents that Pallo Kirat trade was also with Tibet (now China) and Purnia (now India) but later declined.

Minister Pasenama Rai of Vijaypur and Nawab Saulat Ahmad Kha of Purnia signed a business agreement to sell the goods of Purnia anywhere in the Morang Pahari region V.No. It happened in 1778. This is mentioned in the book "Brief History of Kiratkaleen Vijaypur" (Chemjong, Imansin 2031). The text of the letter written in Maithili language is not visible. In the letter, only the mountainous region of Morang is mentioned, the name of the geography is not mentioned. Based on this letter, it is understood that the trade of Pallo Kirat under Vijaypur at that time was as far as Purnia in India.

After the arrival of Gorkhas in Arun East, many documents called 'Pallo Kirat Limbuwan' are found. It is confirmed by some documents that the name existed in the Senka period. V.No. A red seal issued by Prithvi Narayan Shah in 1830 reads -

'By his blessings Arun Sandh Laga Vallo Kirat Fatte Gayo' (Yogi Narharinath, 2022). Lalmohar, who referred to Arun West as Vallo Kirat, confirms that Arun East, which was under the Senas at that time, was called Pallo Kirat. V.No. A paper issued by Sen Raja of Vijaypur in 1824 with 'Hamra Ambalvarka 10 Limbu' written on it is in the book 'Dash Limbuwan Satra Thumko Niti' (Mabuhang, Lavati, 2078).

vs. According to the agreement of 1778, cattle, herbs and timber were mainly exported to Mughal. Pallo Kirat and Purnia were ranked as connecting markets for the trade of Farbisganj, which in c. Until 1971, Morang was the headquarters. To make it easier to take goods from the Pallo Kirat hills, the British In 1970, the headquarters of Morang was shifted from Rangeli to Gograha (Viratnagar) after the railway from Farbisganj to Jogbani (Battarai, Dhanshyam 2064). What this makes clear is that the products of the Pallo Kirat hills were given great importance by the Mughals to the British.

During the reign of the Pallo Kirat Sens, cattle were sold in India. V.No. Addressing the Limbu-Subbas of Arun in 1843, the two red seals ordered by King Ran Bahadur Shah saying, 'Ab ainda gobadh nagarnoo, gare sasana hola', are included in the book 'Limbuvan's Historical Study' (Shreshtha, Shivakumar 2042). Again, on July 11, 1887, another order was given regarding the issue of cows - 'We have been selling cows and cows for votes Muglan, it has become known to our lord, we have put a seal saying that cows and cows should not be sold. .

Cows were banned from being taken to India and sold in the Mughal state due to concerns that they would be slaughtered in the Mughal state. They were the basis of livelihood for the people of Pallo Kirat, who did not know the views of other religions and states about cows. On the other hand, the business of collecting unsold cows and bulls that could not pull the plow and taking them to Mughal for sale had been going on for centuries in Pallo Kirat.

Another trade in Pallo Kirat is that of bangles. V.No. According to an Istihar of 1987, pigs were abundant in Limbu settlement of Pallo Kirat. As it was easy to collect jaggery by going from house to house, many Limbus were involved in bangle business. They were called Churawals. At that time pig's jaggery was used to make different kinds of brushes. Demand for jaggery was good in India. Pallo Kirat merchants used to take Jagar to Darjeeling and sell it and return with bangles from there. Women's hands had to be held while selling bangles. According to V.S. Banned in 1987. This led to a collapse of the bangle/jagar trade.

Another old professional occupation of Arunpurva Limbuwan is loom weaving. In a red seal dated June 30, 1868, addressed to Limbu, Rai, Yamfu, Sunuwar, etc. of Arunpur, it is written that the Khandi cloth woven from warp is sold at the price set by the government or there will be a heavy penalty. . In that Lalmohar, the price has been determined by keeping the long arm and the short arm as the unit of measure of the woven khandi cloth. This paper shows that there was a good demand for Khandi cloth at that time, where the government seems to have directly intervened in the traditional profession and even fixed the price. The profession of weaving yarn is also mentioned in the Mundhum of the Limbu caste. This ancient profession is endangered.

British explorer Joseph Dalton Hooker, who visited the Himalayas of Pallo Kirat Limbuwan in 1848, discussed the popularity of Nepali paper made from Lokta bark in Pallo Kirat in the Himalayan Journals (1854). According to him, Dhankuta was the capital of Pallo Kirat at that time. The hills of the eastern part are a place where you can find a lot of people who make Nepali paper. Taking Hooker's statement as the basis, it is understood that there was a big trade in Nepali paper in Dhankuta at that time. At present this trade is also endangered.

Hooker has written that Mowagola in Taplejung was a big market and Nepalese and Tibetans used to exchange salt, wool, gold, musk, rice, blankets, beans and consumer goods there. At that time, there was no option to be self-sufficient in food by making full use of the farmland that we had. Markets/hatiyas were held at river valleys or hills, which were the confluence of many places for the exchange of different food grains that grew towards the lake and the aul. At that time, salt was such an essential food, which was not available in Nepal, so it had to be brought from Bhot, Mughlan. Hooker wrote in his book that he saw 10 or 12 groups of Tibetans coming down each day from Mewagola to Olangchungola with heavy loads of salt. As great was the need for salt in Pallo Kirat, there was a great need for grain in the Himalayas of Tibet. Tibetans used to bring salt to exchange for food. On the other hand, the same number of people used to carry grain on their backs from Nepal to Tibet. This speculative lease of salt and grain from Tibet and Nepal was not a business for economic gain but forced trade.

In 1950, Tony Hagan, who traveled through the mountainous regions of Nepal, wrote in his book 'Nepalko Chinari (2058)' - Every winter, 20 to 25 percent of the total population used to travel to Tibet by carrying grain on their backs to bring salt. In this way, the government used to levy tax even on salt carried on the back. Later Bhimshamsher V. no. In 1987, tax was given on the import of salt.

At that time, Mewagola, Kimathanka, and Chainpur were the main centers of Pallo Kirat for salt coming from Tibet. Because of the fear of malaria, people were afraid to go down to the ground, especially because of the salt, these shells were popular. After China occupied Tibet in 1950, the salt trade became difficult. After the Tibetan rebellion in 1959, the Tibetan border was completely closed. Since then, the salt trade has been concentrated towards the south (Hagan, 2021). After the malaria eradication program began in 1958, people began to descend on the plains. The markets of Madhesh began to flourish rapidly with the salt market and the malaria vaccine. For example, in the census of 1952-54, the population of Dharan was only 4,441. Dharan, which is close to Jogbani in India, took over the salt market after the border to Tibet was closed. In the 1971 census, Dharan's population reached 20,503 (Gurung, Hark 2006).

The replacement of the salt market and the arrival of the malaria vaccine show that the population of almost all the markets in the Terai increased like that of Dharan. As the main markets of the hills became the markets of the Terai, Indian goods moved towards the hills, which also started the downward journey of traditional hill trades. With the introduction of Indian textiles, the occupation of wool and spinning began to be displaced.

Sarki's stitched leather shoes began to be replaced by Indian shoes. The pottery business of the potters was being displaced by cheaper aluminum pottery. He used to make tools from the iron extracted from the mines of Nepal and sell them. According to Tony Hagan, around 1924, there were 18 furnaces in the mountains of Nepal that smelt iron from iron mines. After 1936, Maharaj lost interest in guns, iron chains, bridge-building sticks and other tools produced in Nepal. The government itself started buying those goods cheaply from India. Finally, the furnaces of Nepal's iron ore mines began to shut down. By 1967/68 only two kilns were operational at Toshe. Many of the iron workers who entered Kathmandu entered India (Hagan, 2021).