{"product_id":"tracing-the-yakthung-a-practical-guide-to-limbu-genealogy-history-and-identity-9798198560109","title":"Tracing the Yakthung: A Practical Guide to Limbu Genealogy, History, and Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Subash Limbu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Indigenous - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of what has been written about the Limbu people was written by outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an attempt to change that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Yakthung -- known to the world as the Limbu -- are the original inhabitants of Limbuwan, a defined territory spanning eastern Nepal, Sikkim, and the Darjeeling hills. They had their own kings, their own governance system, their own sacred land rights, and their own oral tradition stretching back over a thousand years. That tradition survives. But it is at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracing the Yakthung\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical guide for anyone who wants to understand where their Limbu family comes from. Whether you are a diaspora Limbu in the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, or the Gulf, a researcher, an academic, or simply someone who sat with an elder and realized how much was about to be forgotten -- this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you will find inside: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe difference between Yakthung and Limbu -- and why it matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full territorial history of Limbuwan and its nine districts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 10 Thum and 29 Thum governance systems explained\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Limbu kings including King Sirijunga Hang and Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe -- the man who was killed for teaching his people to read\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1774 Treaty of Salt and Water -- what was promised and what was taken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the Kipat communal land system worked and how it was abolished\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eClan identity -- how it works, how to find yours, and what it means\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eClan-to-territory mapping across Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Terhathum and beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to trace your own lineage through elders and oral tradition -- with specific questions to ask\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Limbu diaspora today -- UK, Hong Kong, Gulf, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sirijonga script -- from suppression to PhD level at Sikkim University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA full glossary, clan reference table, and recommended sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book does not pretend the gaps don't exist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe written record on Limbu history is thin -- not because our history is thin, but because the systems that created written records were rarely interested in preserving it. Where sources are strong, this guide is specific. Where the record is incomplete, it says so honestly. Oral tradition is treated as the legitimate historical source it has always been.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890343133335,"sku":"9798198560109","price":2803.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198560109.webp?v=1781179622","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tracing-the-yakthung-a-practical-guide-to-limbu-genealogy-history-and-identity-9798198560109","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}