A rakshasa clan. After Maya built Indraprastha for the Pandavas, he appointed 8000 kinkaras to guard it as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 3. They had the ability to shift the palace from one place to another. Also, Yudhishtira encountered Kinkaras when he was in the Himalayas to collect wealth as per Mahabharata Ashwamedhikaparva Chapter 65 verse 6.