Topic summary
Khas
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Khas people.
Khas peoples or Khas Tribes, (English: ; Nepali: खस) popularly known as Khashiya are an Indo-Aryanethno-linguistic group native to the Himalayan region of South Asia, in what is now the South Asian country of Nepal, as well as the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Sikkim. Khas consists of many subtribes like Kshetri, Thakuri, Bahun and Sanyasis and all spread across the Himalayas.