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Thaker (Gujarati: ઠાકર, ), is a family name referring to the descendants of Kashiraj Thaker, an 11th-century Kashmiri Brahmin who moved to the region of Saurashtra, Gujarat to spread and maintain Hinduism on the request of the Siddhraj Jaysinh I (b. 1094), a Hindu Solanki King who ruled modern-day Gujarat until 1143.〔Gujarat Tourism - (Ahmedabad History )〕 The family rose to prominence within Saurashtran nobility throughout the 12th-19th centuries as Diwans. From 1297 to 1758 various Muslim rulers ruled Gujarat; during this time members of the Thaker family were appointed to lifelong hereditary positions as premier political and financial advisors to the rulers of Saurashtra from the Solanki Dynasty to the Mughal Empire; notably Emperor Akbar the Great. Following the change of power to the Maratha Empire who eventually accepted the paramountcy of the British Empire in 1819, members of the Thaker family, being well-versed in scripture, history, philosophy, ritual, politics, law, social precepts and morality, continued on in their positions as principal advisors or in executive offices as Diwans to the various Maharajas/Maharanas of the Princely States of British India in modern-day Gujarat, Western India. After the 11th century many Thaker family members became landowners of large portions of Saurashtra. Today, while many branches of the family remain in India, some bloodlines have spread internationally to, among others, East Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. ==Origins & Background== Thaker is a Kashmiri Brahmin name and is not to be confused with "Thakore" or "Thakur"; an Indian feudal and colonial title in Hindi which came from other parts of India. Nor should it be confused with "Thakker" or "Thakrar"; surnames from the Lohana caste. Though Kashiraj Thaker originated from Kashmir, his descendants were born in Gujarat for many subsequent centuries and most Thakers consider themselves Gujarati. The village Kanj near Viramgam in Gujarat was the first residence of Kashiraj Thaker in Gujarat, and his descendants are often referred to as Kanjia Thakers for having originated from the village. Thaker family members are traditionally associated with Shaivism, the oldest sect of Hinduism; regarding Shiva as the supreme being. Historically, the favored religious scripture studied by the Thaker family was the Shiva Purana. Due to scholastic tradition, the Thaker family maintains records and a family-tree of all Thaker lineage dating back to Kashiraj Thaker. Traditionally records were and are only made for male descendants of the family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thaker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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