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Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Nepali/Kumaoni surname found among the Chettri community of Nepal and the Kshatriya/Pahari Rajput community of Uttarakhand. Karki is one of the prominent Chettri clans in Nepal.[1] It was also a title given to the tax collectors in the medieval Khasa Kingdom.[2]
Notable people
- Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepali politician
- Lokman Singh Karki, Nepali civil servant
- Hari Krishna Karki, Chief Justice of Nepal
- Kaji Swarup Singh Karki, Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal
- Ram Karki, Nepali politician
- Sushila Karki, first female Chief Justice of Nepal
References
- ↑ Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a Hill Society: The Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
- ↑ Adhikary, Surya Mani (1997). The Khaśa Kingdom: A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Age. Nirala Publications. ISBN 8185693501.