Thakuri

Thakuri
ठकुरी
Regions with significant populations
   Nepal 425,623 (1.6% of Nepal's population)[1]
Languages
Nepali language,

Thakuri (Nepali: ठकुरी) is the title of ruling families of Nepali people.

Some Thakuris are from western Nepal and are Rajkhalak. Far Western Thakuris have claimed descent from the Rajputs of India (Nepali: राजखलक). The term means ruler, so the kings gave themselves the titlet. But the Thakuris are the descendants of the rulers of the smaller 22 (Baise) and 24 (Chaubise) kingdoms within Nepal before its unification. They lived in the Baise kingdoms west of Nepal at the Gandaki Basin, and around the Karnali-Bheri basin, where the Khas and Magar people resided . Traditionally, according to Encyclopedia, many Thakuris have Magars background [2]. Gandak area's Thakuris also sometimes called Kusunda. Raute also claimed that they are Thakuri. So latter at the Magarat 24 rajya after Khas rules all Magar King put their titles Khan, Sen, Shah, Sahi, and Malla and became Thakuri [3]

The Shah dynasty was from the Kingdom of Gorkha, one of the Chaubisi kingdoms from. Most prominent among the Shahs Pritivi Narayan Shah, who started the expansion of his kingdom. After his death, his sons continued his work, and this ultimately led to present-day Nepal. It is written in his Divya Upadesh that the Shah dynasty, which ruled Nepal for almost 300 years, came from the Thakuri caste. Additionally, Prithvi Narayan Shah had also said of himself that he was a king of Magar people. Thakuris have traditionally constituted the ruling and warrior classes, resulting in a high social status. Traditionally, the Thakuris' main occupations involve government, agriculture and military.[4]

The traditional language of the Thakuris is unknown. According to Vansitart and his books Notes of Nepal Thakuris look as Magar. People an older form of the Nepali language and the language used in the Gandaki part The royal palace used a slightly different version of Nepali with different honorifics, having such words as jyunai hoibakshyos instead of khanuhos(for 'please eat'). The Chettri and Thakuri families that had ties to the palace also began to use a watered-down version of this dialect. Other Thakuri families, particularly in Kathmandu, who are not connected to the palace have also been using the dialect. Recently, this dialect has also become popular with the young people and nouveau rich of Kathmandu who do not have any connection to it whatsoever.

Thakuri Surnames

The exact list of Thakuri surnames is unknown, but the established ones are:

  • Shah
  • Uchai
  • Bamshi
  • Chand
  • Meghali Shahi
  • Kaskeli Shahi
  • Raskoti shahi
  • Singh
  • Malla
  • Jyu
  • Khand
  • Sen
  • Hamal
  • Pal
  • Bam

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Ref: Encyclopedia, Bigyan Raj Sharma
  3. ↑ Reference- Surya Mani Adhikari, Khas Samrarajyako Itihas
  4. ↑ Dharam Vir (1988). Education and Polity in Nepal: An Asian Experiment. Northern Book Centre. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-81-85119-39-7.

3. Magar

4. Raute

5. Kusunda

6.* Encyclopedia of Asia

7.** Khas Samrajyako Itihas Surya Mani Adhikari


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