Karki (clan)

Karki (also referred to as Kharku) is a Rajput clan from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The Karkis are descendants of the junior members of the Katyuri dynasty and have also had some influence in former times. One of them, Sukhram Karki held power in the early part of the seventeenth century during the reign of Raja Vijay Chand. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. The Himalayan Gazetteer Volume 3 Part 3. 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.
2. 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.
3. The Himalayan Gazetteer Volume 3 Part 2. 1883. p. 433. The Kharkus are sprung from Raotela Gosains as the junior members of the Katyuri House were called, and have also had some influence in former times. One of them, Sukhram held power in the early part of the seventeenth century during the reign of Vijay Chand.
4. Pandey, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaon: English version of "Kumaon Ka Itihas". Shyam Prakashan. ISBN   9788185865010.