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Kulamandan Khand Shah

कुलमण्डन खाँड

First Shah King of Kaski principality

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Kulamandan Khand (Nepali: कुलमण्दन खाँड) was the founder of the Shah dynasty and the ancestor of King Prithivi Narayan Shah. His son Yasho Brahma Shah succeeded him as King of Lamjung and Kaski. His eldest son Narhari Shah became ruler of Lamjung while the second son ruled over Kaski. His youngest son, Dravya Shah, ruled the Kingdom of Gorkha.

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Historically, the Khand kings were closely related to the Magars. According to locals, members of the community who consume local alcohol are called Magars, while those who do not consume local alcohol change their caste and start writing Khand Thakuri. Both the Magar and Khand Thakuri communities worship Kuldetia or Kul-Puja Alamdevi temple (Nepal's former Shah King's maternal or family deity) in Syangja district, which requires a Magar priest (Maski Rana Magar). National and international historians and anthropologists such as Rajaram Subedi and Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, who studied them, stated that Khand (Thakuri) and Magar are two brothers, Khancha Khand and Mincha Khand, which is also a Magar language.

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  1. Wikipedia (English): Kulamandan Khand Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): कुलमण्डन खाँड · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q30592437 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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