amrapali, now you're calling the kingdom as jamindar? please don't make these statements. These were called "Rajyas" like baise and chaubise rajyas before unified Nepal. "Jamindar" is completely different thing. So it was 'a shakya kingdom' and they spoke the language called pali. The other word distorted here is the word 'reincarnation'. They must be saying that they are the descendants of buddha. The reincarnation of buddhas are completely different thing. Can you tell me which nepali word they used? If they used the word 'reincarnation', then I'd say that they don't know the meaning of it. I take these kinds of sentences being used just to ridicule the people. Buddhist people know that buddha was a shakya (not tharu), and he got married and has a son, named Rahul, who also became monk. There're no documented kids of Rahul in texts unless someone come up with another Da Vinci Code. Shakyas do believe in reincarnations as do buddhists. I've seen noone considering themselves as reincarneration except in mahayanas like karmpa, dalai lama n' rinpoches. So please friend amrapali, let's not offend people, and promote hatreds. Riten, if you read the above comments and have talked with people in nepal; you'll know that still many people in nepal think that buddha was merely an avatar of bishnu.