Khas people
Khas people (Nepali: खस जाति) are an tartaric ethno-linguistic group. They are indigenous native speakers of Khas bhasa; translit.Khas speech which is an tartaric language family. Khas people have been referred as Ya'tse and Yartse or and called themself NISBAI in there native language .Khas are most dominant faction in Nepal. They are around 21% 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 Chhetris, and certain Thakuri.
| File:Kus or Khas, Goorkha, dominant tribe, Nipal.jpg Sample photo of Khas man in the scholarly work at Library of India | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 16 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Nepali language khas bhasa Jumli | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism Animism Hinduism |
Khas family names
Chhetri family list :
- Aidi
- Ainidi
- Airi
- Ayer
- Bhetal
- Badaila
- Bada
- Baduwal
- Baghe
- Bakethi
- Balair
- Balakoti
- Banikoti
- Baniya
- Barma
- Baruwal
- Basnet-Basnyat
- Batala
- Bek
- Belal
- Bhakri
- Bhandari (M/J)
- Bhat
- Bhawar
- Bhetwal
- Bhujel (M/J)
- Bhabikya
- Birahi
- Bista-Bisht
- Bogati
- Bohra-Bohara
- Budhakoti
- Budha/Buda
- Budhayer-Budhair
- Budthapa
- Bura
- Chauhan
- Chaulange
- Dipayakoti
- Chauhan
- Chokhal
- Dangi Chhetri (D.C)
- Dani
- Dasoudi
- Dayar
- Deo/Deuja
- Deuba
- Dhami
- Dhant
- Dhanuk
- Dobaal
- Doeja
- Doteli
- Gaura Bagale
- Gharala
- Gharti (G.C)
- Ghatala
- Ghatala
- Ghatru
- Giri (M/J)
- Gorka
- Gurdhami
- Hasulli
- Heita
- Heita
- Heta
- Hital
- Hitan
- Jagari
- Jamwal
- Jethara/Jetha
- Jhakri
- Johra
- Jora
- Jumlakoti
- Kadayat
- Kahar-Budha
- Karki
- Katawal/Katuwal
- Kathayat
- KC
- Khadgaha
- Khadka Khadga
- Khalakheti
- Kharka
- Khati
- Khati-Khadka
- Bhakri
- Khulal
- Kottari
- Kumau/Kumai
- Kunwar/Kanwar
- Kusari
- Kutiyal
- Lothyal
- Mahar
- Mahara
- Maharaji
- Mahak
- Mahat
- Mahatara
- Mahatyara
- Majhi
- Manyal
- Mhyak Rana
- Mukhiya
- Nakal
- Negi
- Pacchain
- Pakhari
- Patali
- Phadera
- Pujara
- Pulami
- Pyanhar
- Rana
- Ranabhat
- Ranjit
- Raut
- Rawal
- Rawat
- Rayamajhi
- Reule
- Roka-Rokaya/Rokka (Rokaha)
- Rukume Oli
- Samal
- Samant
- Samari
- Saud-Sawad-Saund
- Sauka
- Senjuwal
- Senuwal
- Shamsher
- Sigapati
- Silwal
- Sinjali
- Sinjapati
- Suwar
- Swar
- Tandan
- Ter
- Thada/Thadarai
- Thami (Adhikari)
- Thaguna
- Thakurathi
- Thami
- Thapa
- Thekare
- Thyaet
- Verma
- Woli
- Dhital
- Dangri
- Shahi
- Khanal
- Joshi
- Thalal
- Mahata
- Dhat
- Japrel
- Daulalay
- Mahar
- Lakhandi
- Nayak
- Kadal
- Syada
Khas People Media
- कर्तिखम्म.jpg
Stone script of Damupal near Kartikhamba in Dailekh dated 1038 (981 A.D.) is claimed to be the first stone script in Nepali Language.
- Mandhata Shahi- SAKE-1612.jpg
Copper Inscription by King of Doti, Raika Mandhata Shahi at Saka Era 1612 (शाके १६१२; 1747 Bikram Samvat (c. 1690 – 1691) in old Khas language using Devanagari script
- Khas or pre-gorkha kingdom.jpg
khas or gorkha kingdom
- Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal (cropped).jpg
Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa, the widely accepted first Prime Minister of Nepal
- Jangabahadur Horse Riding Statue.jpg
Jang Bahadur Rana, de-facto ruler of Nepal and a patriarch of historical Rana dynasty (1846-1951)
- Major Indo-Aryan languages.png
Khas language of Nepal, belongs to the Northern Indo-Aryan language group as shown as Nepali, in dark purple
- Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal.jpg
Portrait of a Khas 'Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal', who ruled the country as a Queen regent in the 19th century
References
Citations
- ↑ "Nepali (npi)". Ethnologue. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
Books
- John T Hitchcock (1978), Himalayan Anthropology: Indo-Tibetan interface, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 9789027977007
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