Magars

The Magars are one of the indigenous ethnic nationalities of Nepal representing 7.13% of the Nepal's total population as per the census of 2011.

Their ancestral homeland extends from the Western and the Southern edges of the Dhaulagiri range of the Himalayas to the Mahabharat foothills in the South and Kali Gandaki river basin in the East.

The Magars rule while establishing their own kingdoms in ancient Nepal called the Bara Magaranth (twelve Magar Kingdoms) located east of the Gandaki River and the Athara Magaranth (eighteen Magar Kingdoms) located west of the Gandaki River inhabited by the Kham Magars.