Karki (surname)

कार्की
LanguageNepali, Kumaoni
Origin
Region of originNepal[1], Uttarakhand[2]
Other names
See alsoThapa, Basnet, Khadka, Kunwar, Mahat, Bista

Karki is a Chhetri surname from Nepal and a Rajput clan from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.[3][4]

Khasa Kingdom

Karki was a title given to tax collecting officers in the medieval Khasa Kingdom.[1] The Karki Chhetris who are descendants of Jasu Karki were feudal lords of the principality of Piutharpu. One branch of Karki Chhetris were rulers of the principality of Udayapur in Nepal.[5][6][7]

Karki Rajputs of Kumaon

Karki is a Rajput clan from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.[2][8] The Karki Rajputs were among the four prominent feudal lords in the Kumaon Kingdom who held higher status as Thakurs.[9][10][11]

Notable people

Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:

References

  1. 1 2 Adhikary, Surya Mani (1997). The Khasa Kingdom: A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Age. Nirala Publications. p. 87. ISBN 8185693501.
  2. 1 2 Pandey, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaon: English version of "Kumaon Ka Itihas". Shyam Prakashan. ISBN 9788185865010.
  3. ↑ Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a Hill Society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. p. 33. ISBN 9788173041143. Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Gharti, Karki, Khadka, Khatri, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Roka, Thapa, etc.
  4. ↑ Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames, and titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1483. ISBN 8185579091.
  5. ↑ Source Manual Series. Committee, Department of Archaeology. 1988.
  6. ↑ Regmi Research Series. 1979.
  7. ↑ Pandey, Ram Niwas (1997). Making of Modern Nepal: A Study of History, Art, and Culture of the Principalities of Western Nepal. Nirala Publications. ISBN 9788185693378.
  8. ↑ Sati, Vishwambhar Prasad (2022). Uttarakanad Society, Culture, and Pilgrimage. Today and Tomorrow, Printers and Publishers. p. 28. ISBN 9789391734237. Pal or Rajwar of Askot, Gaida, Kadakoti, and Karki are the major clans of Suryavanshi Rajputs. Chandravanshi Rajputs include descendants of the Chand dynasty such as Rautela of Sor, Kota, Dhaniakot, and Fadtyal of Kali Kumaon. They are the main Rajput clans of Kumaon.
  9. ↑ The Himalayan Gazetteer, Volume 3 Part 3. New Delhi: Cosmos Publications. 1886. p. 170. The four tribes of Taragi, Bora, Chaudhari, and Karki or Kharku and their headmen or Burhas were in former days counted great men, and held their lands rent-free in jagir.
  10. ↑ Sanwal, Ram Datt (1976). Social stratification in rural Kumaon. Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780195605310. Of the Kshatriya, the Char-Burh retained their political position as elders in Kali Kumaon and Thakur-Rajput or Kshettri in terms of caste, while the Panch-Thok and Bar-Adhikari categories which practiced agriculture and herding, and provided common soldiers for the Chand army were, on account of their ethnic antecedants and/or occupation, given the caste title Khasi or Khasi-Jimdar.
  11. ↑ Misra, Nityananda (1994). Source Materials of Kumauni History. Shree Almora Book Depot. p. 66. ISBN 9788185865249.
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