Kulamandan Khand() was the founder of Shah dynasty and the ancestor of King Prithivi Narayan Shah. His son Yasho Brahma Shah succeeded him as the 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.
Historically, the Khand kings were closely related to the Magars. According to locals, the community who consume local alcohol are called Magars, while those who don't 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 like Dr. 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.
His successors are as follows:
S.No. Name of the Ruler Ruled Period Kingdom 1. Yasho Brahma Shah or Yasobam Shah (यशेाब्रह्म शाह) Unknown Lamjung and Kaski 2. Dravya Shah (द्रब्य शाह) 1559–1570, 11 years Gorkha Kingdom 3. Purna Shah (पूर्ण शाह) 1570–1605, 35 years 4. Chatra Shah (छत्र शाह) 1605–1609, 4 years 5. Rama Shah (राम शाह) 1609–1633, 28 years 6. Dambar Shah (डम्बर शाह) 1633–1645,12 years 7. Krishna Shah (कृष्ण शाह) 1645–1661, 16 years8. Rudra Shah (रूद्र शाह) 1661–1673, 12 years 9. Prithvipati Shah (पृथ्वीपति शाह) 1673–1716, 43 years 10. Nara Bhupal Shah (नरभुपाल शाह) 1716–1743, 27 years 11. Prithvi Narayan Shah (पृथ्वीनारायण शाह) 1743–1775, 32 yearsKingdom of Nepal
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