Previously Tamang landholdings had been divided up by clan. Īfter the attack on the Tamang region, their traditional homeland area, known as kipat to the Gorkhas, was granted to Gorkha generals or government officials who had pleased the king in some way, displacing the Tamangs from kipat lands.

Similar stories appear in oral histories throughout the region. Afterwards, the Gorkhas washed their weapons in springs at Dapcha Kuwapani, and this is why the modern-day Tamangs do not drink there. Gorkhali forces had hidden their weapons in the sand on the Sunkoshi riverbank in order to attack the Tamang forces. Tamang oral history says that the local chief, Rinjen Dorje, was killed by the Gorkhas. In 1762, Prithvi Narayan Shah attacked the Tamangs in Temal, the Tamang cultural heartland. In 1739, a ruler named Ghale-Botya attacked Narabhupal Shah as he was marching towards Nuwakot, and Narabhupal Shah also fought several battles against Golma Ghale. The Gorkha Vamsavali provides details of battles with the Bhotyas of a variety of principalities between 18. Various Gorkha rulers led campaigns against the indigenous Tamangs. The Tamangs, who have lived on hills outside the Kathmandu Valley to the southern slopes of Langtang, Ganesh, Jugal Himal and Rolwaling probably since prehistoric times, have been mentioned in various Nepalese and colonial historical records under a variety of names, such as Bhote, Lama, Murmi, Sain, some of which terms erroneously conflate the Tamangs with Uighurs. The word 'Ta' in the Tibetan language means horse, and 'Mang' means traders hence, their original way of life evolved around horses and trade. Historical accounts show that the Tamang ethnic group originated in Tibet. Tamang woman wearing a traditional Shyade cap History Some scientific research claims the Tamangs have Prehistoric and Genetic roots. However, there are no written documentations of Horse Riders. Tamang may have been derived from the word Tamang, where Ta means 'horse' and Mak means 'warrior' in Tibetan. Tamang language is the fifth most-spoken language in Nepal. Such districts include the Tsirang District, the Dagana District, the Samtse District, the Chukha District, the Sarpang District and the Samdrup Jongkhar District. Bhutanese Tamangs are native to various districts in the southern foothills of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Indian Tamangs are found in significant numbers in the state of Sikkim and the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal state. The Tamang people are concentrated in the central hilly region of Nepal. In Nepal, Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 census. The Tamang ( རྟ་དམག་ Devanagari: तामाङ tāmāṅ), are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal, Southern Bhutan and North India. Buddhism 87.29%, Hinduism 8.88%, Christianity 3.6%, Bon and Prakriti 0.02% ĭaman people, Tibetan people, Bhotiya, Thakali,

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