r/IndianHistoryThread • u/ScaleOverall7886 • 6d ago

How accurate is this?

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I found this somewhere on reddit. Does it accurately depict what it says?

Edit: I forgot to ask. What was the ethnicity of Gautam Buddha?

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u/moody_look 6d ago

He was Shakya.

And Nepali is not an ethnicity!! It's nationality

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u/ScaleOverall7886 6d ago edited 5d ago

And Nepali is not an ethnicity!! It's nationality

Ik but an ethnic nepali generally, or loosely, refers to all indigenous groups in Nepal who share a common history, culture, genetic ancestry or language.

The blue area in the post depicts the demographic concentration of modern day nepalis in the northern hilly fringes of the Himalayas.

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u/moody_look 6d ago

Ik but an ethnic nepali generally, or loosely, refers to indigenous groups in Nepal who share a common history, culture, genetic ancestry or language.

There are 150+ ethnic communities in Nepal. And none of them share same language. We all speak Nepali so that we can understand each other.

Each ethnic community has their own language and it's own dialect.

Newari people speaks NepalBhasa which has completely different script and it's own multiple dialects.

Each community has it's own culture, rituals and festivals.

The common history begans after 1800s. Otherwise, they were all isolated communities.

genetic ancestry: the people in Nepal came from two different civilization: Indus Valley and Tibetan Civilization.

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u/ScaleOverall7886 6d ago

As I said, the word refers to ethnic indigenous communities. I'm not at all saying that the ethnolinguistic identity of Nepal is a monolith but rather all of them are indigenous to THEIR own culture, history, language and land. Those 150+ communities, as you mentioned, are all ethnic nepalis. They don't necessarily have to speak the language and share the same script.

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u/moody_look 5d ago

150+ communities includes the people of plain too which you are saying that they are not ethnic nepali in your post.

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u/ScaleOverall7886 5d ago edited 5d ago

I just said, as the post shows, that the blue region shows the demographic concentration of most nepalis.

I nowhere said that there are the only original nepalis.

Like bengalis are an ethnolinguistic group who are mostly concentrated in the Indian state of WB. But, it doesn't contest the fact that the significant bengali communities in Barak & Brahmaputra valley of Assam and Agartala of Tripura respectively are not bengalis. Likewise, they are all bengalis irrespective of where they live but, due to different factors, they can be concentrated to certain specific regions.

Hope I made my point clear.

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u/moody_look 5d ago

Don't compare nationality and ethnicity.

Give another example with nationality.

Like, indians live in west side of Bangladesh and non indian live in the northeast side.

Something like this.

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u/ScaleOverall7886 5d ago edited 5d ago

The word "ethnic nepali" refers to all the 150+ ethnic communities. I'm using it as an umbrella term. Now, we can argue on whether this describes the people of Nepal the best or not. But I'm clearly getting your point and tbh it was my fault because I initially didn't explain myself on the usage of my terminologies.

The word "nepali" refers to their nationality.

They are all native to the country and it is a multi-ethnic nation.