What is Kalu Thapa Kshatri?
{{Infobox Royalty |name = Kalu Thapa KHAS <br/> श्री श्री महाराज <br/>कालु थापा KHAS |image = King Kalu Thapa Kshatri.jpg |caption = Maharaj Kalu Thapa KHAS |title = King of Takam State<br />King of 4000 Parvat State<br/>Sri Sri Maharaja<br/> Santa Maharaja |predecessor = established |successor = [[Purnakhar Thapa]] (Punyakar) at Pulachour <br/>[[Tarapati Thapa]] at Takam<br/>[[Biru Thapa]] at Rukumkot<br/>[[Yashodhar Thapa]] at Jyamrukot |house = [[Bagale Thapa]] |house-type = Clan |father = |mother = |issue = [[Purnakhar Thapa]] (Punyakar)<br/>[[Tarapati Thapa]]<br/>[[Biru Thapa]]<br/>[[Dharmaraj Thapa]] (Yashodhar) |religion = [[Hinduism]] |birth_date = ca. 1800 |death_date = |succession = [[File:Nishankalika Flag of Bagale Thapa clan.svg|20px]] 1st Sovereign King of [[Takam State]] |reign = 1846 – ??? |spouse = |birth_place = |death_place = Takam, [[Myagdi District|Myagdi]] }} [[Maharaja]] '''Kalu Thapa Kshatri''' ({{lang-ne|कालु थापा क्षत्री}}) or simply, '''Kalu Thapa''' was the first King of Takam State. The Thapa dynasty of [[Takam Kingdom]] (1246-1545 [[Vikram Samvat|B.S.]]) (also called '''4000 Parvat State''') continued for 300 years only to be defeated by Dimba Bam Malla to form bigger [[Parbat district|Parbat State]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ddcmyagdi.gov.np/en/brief-introduction/ | title=म्याग्दी जि.स.स }}</ref> Yashodhara Thapa, King of Jyamrukot (Jamarik), is the male progenitor of the [[Thapa dynasty|Bhimsen Thapa family]] and leading Bada Kaji [[Amar Singh Thapa]]. [[File:Maharaj Kalu Thapa.png|thumb|A drawing of King Kalu Thapa Kshatri (1200-1251 B.S.)]] ==Fictitious Account== In the Thapa genealogy, he is also accredited to have ruled over Doti from Kāndāmalika. The genealogy claims that he was son of fictitious [[Kshatriya]] named Vatsaraja ({{lang-ne|वत्सराज}}) born from Ashwamedha [[Yagya]] (holy fire) and fictitious Vasundhara Devi, daughter of fictitious Kanyakubji [[Rajput