People / group
Khas people
The Khas are an Indo-Aryan people of the western and central Himalayas, the original speakers of the language that became Nepali, once called Khas kura. In the Middle Ages their Khasa Malla kingdom ruled western Nepal from Sinja near Jumla, and Khas soldiers later formed much of the army of the Gorkha kingdom. Most Khas belong to the Chhetri and related Hindu castes of Nepal.
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