Khasas
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 44 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5122-7130-8
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Khasas / Khas (??) or Khasiyas are an ancient people, believed to be a section of the Indo-Iranians who originally belonged to Central Asia from where they had penetrated, in remote antiquity, the Himalayas through Kashgar and Kashmir and dominated the whole hilly region. They are believed to have given their names to Kashgar, Kashi (Central Asia), Kashkara, Kashmir, Khashali (south-east of Kashmir) Kashatwar, Khashdhar (Shimla Hills) and other recognizable colonies at the present day in the hills from Kashmir down to Nepal as also in various plains. A small section of the existing inhabitants of Kumaon and Garhwal belong to the ancient Khasa or Khasiya race though speak Kumaoni and Garhwali which are languages of the Indo Aryan Central subgroup of Pahari languages. Unlike in Nepal they are of pure Aryan stock. In Nepal khasas married among Mongoloid stock, they are thus partly of Aryan stock in Nepal. Most of Bahun, Chhetri and so...