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Roka. 
Thagnami. 
Thamu. 
Thara or Thada. 
Uchai. 
Untaki or Wantaki. 
Yangdi. 
Susaling. 
Surpak. 
Swial. 
Tharun. 
Thurain. 
Tarbung. 
Thakurs. —Of all Gurkhas, excepting the Brahman, the Thakurhas 
the highest social standing, and of all Thakurs the Sahi is the best. 
The Maharajadhiraj (king of Nepal) is a Sahi. The Thakur claims 
royal descent, and even to this day a really pure-bred Sahi Thakur is not 
charged rent for land in Nepal. 
Thakurs, on account of their high social standing, intelligence, 
cleanliness, and soldierly qualities, should invariably be taken if belong¬ 
ing to good clans. As soldiers they are excellent, and they can be ob¬ 
tained in small numbers, with quite as good physique and appearance 
as the best Magar or Gurung. 
A Thakur who has not adopted the thread, which until marriage is 
with him an entirely voluntary action, has no more prejudices than the 
ordinary Magar or Gurung, and even after adopting the thread his caste 
prejudices are not so very great, nor does he ever allow them to obtrude. 
The Hamal Thakur should not be enlisted by any regiment. 
The best Thakur clans are the following :—Sahi, Malla, Siqgh, Sen 
Khan, and Sumal. 
The “ Singala Uchai ” is really a Sahi by descent, and is excellent, 
but all other Uchais and the balance of Thakur clans are not up to those 
above mentioned, although all Thakur clans claim to be equal, with the 
exception of the Hamal. The Hamal is not Thakur at all, but the pro¬ 
geny of an Opadhia Brahman with a Thakur woman. 
A Thakur king, it is said, in the course of his conquests came to a 
very high hill called Singala. This he captured from his enemies, and 
on the top of the same he established a garrison of Sahi Thakurs. 
These in time came to be spoken of as the “ Uchai (Ucai) Thakurs,” 
from the fact of their living at a high elevation. The clan Uchai will 
be found amongst many tribes, and is supposed to be derived from a 
similar reason 
With the exception of the Singala Uchai, all other Thakur Uchais 
are the progeny of a Thakur with a Magar. 
Chohan (doubtful). 
Bam. 
Bausi. 
Chand 
Hamal. 
Jiu. 
THAKUR. 
Jiva. 
Khan. 
Malla or Mai 
Man. 
Raika. 
Rakhsia. 
Sumal. 
Uchai. 
Sahi or Sah. 
Sen. 
Sing. 
Ruchal. 
