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Khas/Parbatiya/Pahari
खस/पर्वत्या/पहाडी/गोर्खालि
Kus or Khas, Goorkha, dominant tribe, Nipal
Sample photo of Khas man in the scholarly work at Library of India

Albumen Photograph of Khas Women from Nepal - 1880's
Sample photo of Khas women in the scholarly work at Library of India
Total population
c. 16 million
Regions with significant populations
 Nepal
Languages
Nepali language (Khas Kura) as mother tongue
Religion
Om.svg Hinduism
Nepal ethnic groups
Khas people are also called Paharis (yellow) are widely found throughout Nepal

Khas people (Nepali: खस जाति) are people of Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group. They are indigenous native speakers of Nepali language (Khas Kura; translit.Khas speech) which is an Indo-Aryan language. Khas people have been referred as Parbatiya and Pahari or Gorkhali. Khas are most dominant faction in Nepal. They are around 31% of Nepal but nearly two thirds of government officials. The word “Khas” is little used in modern times. Khas peoples call themselves by their group names such as Bahun, Kshetri, Sanyasi/Sannesi, Kami, Damai, etc.

Major Indo-Aryan languages
Khas peoples are indigenous native speakers of one of the Northern Aryan language (Pahari languages in purple) called Nepali (Khas Kura) language

History

Khas people have been described as of Indo-Aryan genes. Khas people consists of Bahun (Khas Brahmin), Chhetri & Thakuri (Khas Kshatriyas), Sanyasi, Kami, Damai, Gandharbha/Gaine, Badi and Sarki people. Many historians referred dominant Thakuri and Chhetri as Khas Rajputs.

Modern day

Jhakri
a Khas Jhakri (shaman)

Khas people continue Hindu religion with some ancestral deity called Masto gods.

Khas family names

Bahun, Chhetri & Thakuri

Acharya, Adhikari, Aryal, Bam, Baral, Basnet/Basnyat, Bhandari, Bhattarai, Bista/Bisht, Budathoki, Chand, Chauhan,Chaulagain, Chhetri, Dahal, Devkota, Dhakal, Dulal, Gautam, Ghimire, Karki, Kattel, Katuwal, Khand, Khadka, Khanal, Khatri/K.C., Koirala, Kunwar, Lohani, Oli, Mainali,pathak, Panta, Pandey, Hamal, Malla, Poudel/Paudyal/Poudar(hill), Pokharel, Rana, Rijal, Regmi, Rimal, Sitoula, Sapkota, Shah, Sen, Shahi, Silwal, Singh, Thakuri, Thapa, Upadhyay, Wagle, Wasti, etc.

Sanyasi (Dasnami)

Bharati, Giri, Puri, Yogi, etc.

Khas Dalits

Badi, Bishwakarma/B.K., Damai, Dholi, Gandharbha, Kami, Nagarchi, Pariyar, Ranapaheli, Sarki, Sundas, etc.

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Images for kids

  • Khas or Kus group, Goorkha, dominant tribe, Nipal

    Khas Tribe of Nepal

  • कर्तिखम्म

    Stone script of Damupal near Kartikhamba in Dailekh dated 1038 (981 A.D.) is claimed to be the first stone script in Nepali Language.

  • Vishnu and Lakshmi Supported by Garuda, 11th century CE, Ancient Kingdom of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir

    Vishnu and Lakshmi Garuda art at the time of the Khasha Lohara dynasty, 11th century CE, Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Mandhata Shahi- SAKE-1612

    Copper Inscription by King of Doti, Raika Mandhata Shahi at Saka Era 1612 (शाके १६१२) (or 1747 Bikram Samvat) in old Khas language using Devanagari script

  • Khas or pre-gorkha kingdom

    Khas Kingdom

  • Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal (cropped)

    Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa, the widely accepted first Prime Minister of Nepal

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Khas para niños

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