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Details for Thāka

ID1077
NameThāka
TypegeogName
Notesan area in the southern part of Mustang district, home of Thakālīs, a trading community which for long periods exercised unchallenged control over the salt trade along the Kali Gandaki route;

the Thakālī area is divided into two separate regions: to the south Thākasātasaya and to the north Pā̃cagāũ (Fürer-Haimendorf 1975: 134). #checked#

Surname
Name XML file Year reliable?
Thāka L_1200_0026 1867 (VS 1923) yes
थाक L_1200_0026 1867 (VS 1923) yes

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