See also:

• GURKHA (pronounced goorka; from Sans. gau, a cow, and raks, to protect)

GURKHA (pronounced goorka; from Sans. See also:

• GAU, JOHN (c. 1495–? 1553)

gau, a cow, and raks, to protect)  , the ruling See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• RACE

race in See also:

• NEPAL, NEPAUL

Nepal (q.v.) . The Gurkhas, or Gurkhalis, claim descent from the rajas of Chitor in See also:

• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana . When driven out of their own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country by the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan invasion, they took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in the hilly districts about See also:

• KUMAON

Kumaon, whence they gradually invaded the country to the eastward as far as See also:

• GURKHA (pronounced goorka; from Sans. gau, a cow, and raks, to protect)

Gurkha, Noakote and ultimately to the valley of Nepal and even See also:

• SIKKIM

Sikkim . They were stopped by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English in an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to push See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, and the treaty of Segauti, which ended the Gurkha See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1814, definitely limited their territorial growth . The Gurkhas of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day remain See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus by See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, but show in their See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance a strong admixture of Mongolian See also:

• BLOOD

blood . They make splendid See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry soldiers, and by agreement with their See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government about 20,000 have been recruited for the Gurkha regiments of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . As a See also:

• RULE

rule they are bold, enduring, faithful, See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

frank, See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent and self-reliant . They despise other Orientals, but admire and fraternize with Europeans, whose tastes in See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport and war they See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share . They strongly resemble the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese, but are of a sturdier build . Their See also:

• NATIONAL

national weapon is the kukri, a heavy curved See also:

• KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife, which they use for every possible purpose . See Capt . See also:

• EDEN
• EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (1831-1887)

Eden See also:

• VANSITTART, HENRY (1732-1770 or 1771)

Vansittart, Notes on the Gurkhas (1898) ; and P .

D . Bonarjee, The Fighting Races of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India (1899) .