Shaukas
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The Shauka people, also known as Rangkas and Johari, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living in the Johar Valley of Gori Ganga river in Munsyari, tehsil of the Pithoragarh District in Uttarakhand, India.[1] Shaukas are a part of Bhotiya community and were historically involved in trade between India and Tibet. Contemporarily, they are engaged in occupations like agriculture, trade, and animal husbandry. They currently speak the Johari, a dialect of Kumaoni,[2] and spoke Rangas, a now-extinct, Tibeto-Berman language in the past.[3]
Notable people
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "Zu einer Zeit, als Bäume und Gräser noch sprechen konnten...". Sozioökonomie, Kosmologie und Mythologie der Rang-Shauka im zentralindischen Himalaya (Taschenbuch) von Sabine Leder
- History of the Origin of Shauka Tribe of Middle Himalayas, by Negi Girdhar Singh, Dept. of History, Kumaon University, Nainital. 2006. Lucknow Journal of Social Sciences. 2006, Volume 3, Issue 2. ISSN 0974-8148.
References
[edit]- ^ Kashyap, Anirban (1996). The Scheduled Castes in India. India: Gyan Publishing House. pp. 83–84, 98. ISBN 978-81-212-0511-5.
- ^ Śarmā, Devīdatta (1989). Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-171-7. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1916). "Specimens Of The Pahari Languages And Gujuri". Retrieved 14 August 2025.