Newari Culture:In recent days, Nepal sambat has become the subject of major discussions in the ‘former’ Nepal Valley. The Newar community believes that Sankhadhar Shakhwa started had this sambat. When did he free the local people from the so-called ‘debt’? Who was ruling at that time? Nepal sambat has been popularized extensively through the folklores (among the Newari people). However, the folklores are deprived of concrete (historical) facts.
Newar community is the ‘oldest’ inhabitant of the Kathmandu valley, there is no doubt. However, the language and culture of Newar community have been ‘influenced heavily’ by the Aryan Hinduism. Newar is a Dravidian belonging to the Mongolian race. Originally, the Newars have come from a village called Nayer which is near Madras in the southern part of India.’ Newar’ has been derived from this village name – Nayer, Swoyambhulal Shrestha, a noted culture-scientist has said in his book.
According to the noted historians, South Indian king from Karnataka, Nanyadev established his kingdom in (Tirhut) Mithila. Nanyadev had come from Simauragadh in A.D.1097. The same king Nanyadev had attacked Kathmandu valley and annexed it to his large kingdom. The people who had come with the king settled down in the valley. In this way, the Newars happened to enter the Kathmandu valley.
During the rule of Lichchavis and Malla kings, Aryans arrived from India through the plains of Terai. The Hindus assimilated in the local Newari community. Even nowadays, the people who originally came from the Mithila region, like Brahmin (Jha, Mishra) and Kayastha can be easily traced in all three cities, namely Bhaktapur and Lalitpur and the surrounding areas of Hanuman-Dhoka in Kathmandu in a large number (running into thousands.) They have already assimilated into the Newari culture and tradition, and their marriage is arranged within the Newari community of the valley.
A Malla king, Jayasthiti Malla had sought help from the two Mithila scholars, Pandit Raghunath Jha and Kirtinath upadhyay to classify Newars into different 4 castes and 36 sub-castes as per the Hindu system of classification. Before Lichchhavis or Malla kings had even arrived in the Nepal valley, King and great scholar Videha Janaka’s Kushdhwaj Janaka had been ruling the valley in Tetra Yuga. Then Kathmandu was a part of the Mithila Kingdom.
Newar community is the ‘oldest’ inhabitant of the Kathmandu valley, there is no doubt. However, the language and culture of Newar community have been ‘influenced heavily’ by the Aryan Hinduism. Newar is a Dravidian belonging to the Mongolian race. Originally, the Newars have come from a village called Nayer which is near Madras in the southern part of India.’ Newar’ has been derived from this village name – Nayer, Swoyambhulal Shrestha, a noted culture-scientist has said in his book.
According to the noted historians, South Indian king from Karnataka, Nanyadev established his kingdom in (Tirhut) Mithila. Nanyadev had come from Simauragadh in A.D.1097. The same king Nanyadev had attacked Kathmandu valley and annexed it to his large kingdom. The people who had come with the king settled down in the valley. In this way, the Newars happened to enter the Kathmandu valley.
During the rule of Lichchavis and Malla kings, Aryans arrived from India through the plains of Terai. The Hindus assimilated in the local Newari community. Even nowadays, the people who originally came from the Mithila region, like Brahmin (Jha, Mishra) and Kayastha can be easily traced in all three cities, namely Bhaktapur and Lalitpur and the surrounding areas of Hanuman-Dhoka in Kathmandu in a large number (running into thousands.) They have already assimilated into the Newari culture and tradition, and their marriage is arranged within the Newari community of the valley.
A Malla king, Jayasthiti Malla had sought help from the two Mithila scholars, Pandit Raghunath Jha and Kirtinath upadhyay to classify Newars into different 4 castes and 36 sub-castes as per the Hindu system of classification. Before Lichchhavis or Malla kings had even arrived in the Nepal valley, King and great scholar Videha Janaka’s Kushdhwaj Janaka had been ruling the valley in Tetra Yuga. Then Kathmandu was a part of the Mithila Kingdom.
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