Mythologies of the Khas-Arya Tribe

 Khas peoples or Khas Tribes, (English: /kɑːs/; Nepali: खस) popularly known as Khashiya are an Indo-Aryan ethno-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. According to the Constitution of Nepal, Bahun, Kshetris, Thakuris, and Sanyasis (Dashnami) who are citizens of Nepal should be considered as Khas Arya for electoral purposes. Historically, Khas were the speakers of an ancient Khasa language from the Indo-Aryan language family and the earliest recorded speakers of the Western Pahari languages. The large portion of the Indo-Aryan speakers throughout lower Himalayas were the Masto people. An intrusion of this tribe from the Western and Northwestern Himalayas into Central Himalayas is substantiated by the early linguistic evidences related to the Nepali language. They were also known as Parbatiyas/Parbates and are currently known as Paharis/Pahadis. (literally, "from the hills"). They were also referred to as Yartse in Tibet and are also known as Khasan by Bhotia people. The term Khas has now become obsolete, as the Khas people have adopted communal identities because of the negative stereotypes associated with the term Khas. In Nepal the native speakers of the Nepali language are known as Khas people.

In Nepal the indo-aryan speakers living in hilly region are divided into two groups khas and arya. Arya(aryans) being those brahmins, kshatriya, rajputs who migrated to nepal from rajasthan punjab area after the muslim invasion in india Whereas khas people are believed to be living in hills of western nepal entering via tibet long before the aryans came to nepal. Regarding origin of khas people, there is very little information from nepalese researchers. There is a theory that they originated in tarim basin and also there is another theory that they are from pamir range of tajikstan. One of nepalese researcher said they are branch of saka people who came to nepal via kashmir. Other one said, they may be yuezhi tribes of central asia. They speculate that kashmir, khasgar are related to the word khas and it's people. When they came to nepal they mixed with tibeto burmo speaking people of nepal because of which they look east asian rather than indo aryans whereas those aryan who came after muslim invasion in india didn't mix with tibeto burmo people because of which they have more north indian looking facial features. Their religion was not hinduism. After the migration of aryans, hinduism was heavily influnced and almost all converted to hinduism. But still they have kept their original culture alive. They worship masto god which is a clan diety and they follow shamanism. When aryans from india migrated to nepal they mixed with khas as both groups were similar. Most of the khas became chetri and some became bahuns. Long before aryans coming into nepal, these khas were mixed eith east asian tribes thouasand of years prior. So this is the reason khas chetri and brahmin have more east asian dna compared to aryan brahmin and chetri.

Khas people (Nepali: खस) also called Khas Arya (Nepali: खस आर्य) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Indian subcontinent, what is now present-day Nepal and Indian states of Uttarakhand (Kumaon-Garhwal), Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Khas people speak the Khas language. They are also known as Parbatiyas, Parbates and Paharis/Pahades or Gorkhali. The term Khas has now become obsolete, as the Khas people have adopted communal identities such as Bahun and Chhetri because of the negative stereotypes associated with the term Khas. They have been connected to the Khasas mentioned in the ancient Hindu literature. Historian Bal Krishna Sharma and Dor Bahadur Bistaspeculates that the Khas or kus people were of Indo-Aryan origin.Historian Baburam Acharya speculates that Khas are a sub-clan of Aiḍa, an Arya clan originated at Idavritt (modern day Kashmir). Khas were living in the Idavaritt in the 3rd millennium BCE. and the original meaning of the term Khas was Raja or Kshatriya (Yoddha). He further speculates that Kashmir has been named from its local residents Khas as Khasmir.In the 2nd millennium B.C.E., one group of Khas migrated towards Iranwhile the other group migrated east of Sutlej river settling only in the hill regions up to Bheri River. Historian Balkrishna Pokhrel contends that Khas were not the Vedic Aryans but Aryans of latter period like the Gurjara, Darada, Shaka, and Pallava. He further asserts that post-Vedic Aryans were akin to Vedic Aryans in terms of Indo-Aryan languages and Indian culture.

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