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Rajput is a Kshatriya caste by Hinduism. They were known for their valor and chivalry in battles. They provide their chivalry by fighting with honor and the mercy that they showed to the vanquished. There were various historical groups of Rajputs from ancient and medieval of southern region that have immigrated to Kathmandu valley like Khas Malla Kingdom, Western hill regions and other Terai territories.

The Nepalese dynasty of Indian (Bharat Barsh) plain origin were Lichhavis, who entitled themselves with the archaic title Rajputra. The heavy Rajput immigration into Nepal began on the rise of Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent after the 12th century CE. These Rajputs particularly settled in Kathmandu valley, as well as in the various hills of the Himalayan ranges specially the Western-Central Nepal. Those Rajput groups in the Western Nepal led into disintegration of Khas Malla Kingdom and formation of large number of confederated states called Baise Rajya and Chaubisi Rajya.

The Rajputs of the Kathmandu Valley established marital relations with the Newar Malla rulers of the Kathmandu valley, who were of Rajput origin themselves. Notable of these Malla Rajputs was the famed ruler Jayasthiti Malla who established Hindu reforms and social regulations among the Newar people of Kathmandu Valley.

Rajput families from Indo-Gangetic plain were routinely invited by the Mallas of the Kathmandu valley and a new noble class of courtiers, presently called “Thakoo/Thakur” and part of the Chatharīya Srēstha caste, were developed from the descendants of the plain Rajputs in the Malla court. The Shah court also heavily favored Rajputs as legal regulations in the Kingdom of Nepal were inclined to them making them one of the Hindu high caste in the Tagadhari (Sacared Thread) groupand a faction not permitted to be enslaved in Nepal.

Lichhavis were the first Nepalese dynasty of Indian plain origin who began their rule in the 4th or 5th century. Historian Baburam Acharya in an interview asserts that Amshuverma and the Lichhavi rulers were all Rajputs. Lichchavi inscription self describes them as Rajputras. Rajputras who were ranked Kshatriyas, had special role in politics during the Lichchavi period.