sentences:  Thapa is one of the six tribes (clans) of the Magar community (one of the core fighting forces of Gorkhali soldiers).In former days, any Thapa (Magar) who had lost three generations of ancestors in battle became a Rana (Magar), but with the prefix of his Thapa clan.Thus, a Reshmi Thapa (Magar) would become a Reshmi Rana (Magar).