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E. Vansittart— Tribes, Clans, and Castes of Nepfil. 
who rebelled and seized Gurkha, which then formed the southern part of 
the principality. The capital, Gurkha, is situated on a very high hill, 
and contains the temple of Gorakhanath. From this we may infer that 
the proper name of the place is Gurakha, and that previous to having 
adopted the doctrine of the Brahmans, this family had received the 
“ jogis,” or priests, of Goraklianath as their spiritual guides. 
The first chief of Gurkha was Darbha Sahi, and his descendants 
were as follows :— 
1. Rama Sahi. 
2. Piirna Sahi, 
3. Chatra Sahi. 
4. Dambara Sahi. 
5. VIra-bhadra Sahi. 
6. Prthvi-pati Sahi. 
7. Nr-bhu-pala Sahi. 
These chiefs entered into none of the leagues formed by their 
neighbours, but trusted entirely to their own vigour. 
Nr-bhu-pala Sahi procured in marriage, first, a daughter of the 
Palpa family, and secondly, a daughter of the chief of Malibam. His 
eldest son, Prthvi-narayana Sahi, was a person of insatiable ambition, 
sound judgment, great courage, and unceasipg activity. He was prac¬ 
tically the great founder of the house of Gurkha. 
Khas. —The original seat of the Khas, to whom by general usage 
the name of the “ Parbatiya ” (highlander) is given, appears to have 
been Gurkha, where, as has been shewn, they had been established 
for seven generations before they marched, under Prthvi Narayana, to 
conquer the kingdom of the Newars in 1768 A. D. 
Although Gurkha was the original seat of the Khas, yet their king 
was a Tliakur, and it may be added that from the earliest history of 
Gurkha as a kingdom, viz., from the time of Darbha Sahi to the present 
year of 1892, every king has been a Tliakur and of Sahi clan ; Sahi and 
Sah are the same, vide Brian Hodgson. 
Now owing to the conversion of many Magar chieftains to Hin¬ 
duism, who, although converts, were nevertheless followed by their 
clans, whether converted or not, and owing to the marriages of the 
rulers of Gurkha for generations with the daughters of various Magar 
aud Gurung chieftains, by the time that Prthvi Narayana ascended the 
throne, the fighting element of the kingdom of Gurkha consisted almost 
entirely of Magars, Gurungs, Khas, and Thakurs. To these tribes, 
therefore, the term Gurkha should apply. The original home of the 
Gurungs was the country about Lamzung, Ghandrung, and Siklis. The 
Magars were south of the Gurungs, and about Gulmi, Argha, Kachi, 
and Palpa. 
ed, and we find the descendants of the converts with the rank of Kshatriya proudly 
ruling the country, and followed in war by the descendants of Khancka and his 
impure representatives. 
