Khas Arya

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Khas Arya refers to a historical Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Himalayan and adjoining regions of South Asia, traditionally associated with early Khas-speaking communities and later linked to high-caste hill populations in Nepal and northern India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khas Arya canonical 6
Khas-Arya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedCasteGroup Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins

Kshatriya ⓘ
associatedCasteStatus high caste ⓘ
twice-born castes ⓘ
associatedRegion Garhwal ⓘ
Kumaon ⓘ
hills of Nepal ⓘ
mid-hills of Nepal ⓘ
parts of Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
western Nepal hills ⓘ
broaderCategory Himalayan ethnic groups ⓘ
Indo-Aryan ethnic groups ⓘ
South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
culturalTrait Hindu caste-based social organization ⓘ
Indo-Aryan ritual traditions ⓘ
patrilineal kinship ⓘ
demographicArea rural hill communities ⓘ
small towns in Himalayan foothills ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Himalayan region ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
western Nepal ⓘ
historicalIdentity Khas people ⓘ
historicalInfluence development of Nepali (Khas Kura) as a regional lingua franca ⓘ
formation of hill states in western Nepal ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedLanguage Khas language ⓘ
early Nepali ⓘ
historicalPeriod ancient period of the western Himalayas ⓘ
medieval period of the western Himalayas ⓘ
historicalProcess Sanskritization ⓘ
integration into broader Indo-Aryan caste hierarchy ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linkedTo early Khas-speaking communities ⓘ
formation of Nepali-speaking hill high castes ⓘ
relatedGroup Khas people of Nepal ⓘ
Pahari Hindus of Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Pahari people

Pahari Hindus of Uttarakhand ⓘ
linked to: Pahari people
religion Hinduism ⓘ
selfIdentification Arya (noble or high-status Hindus) in some historical contexts ⓘ
linked to: Khas Brahmin
socialRole landholding communities in hill regions ⓘ
local ruling elites in some Himalayan polities ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
military service ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalReligion Hinduism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khas → alternativeName → Khas Arya ⓘ
Khas people → alternativeName → Khas Arya ⓘ
Thakuri → ethnicCategory → Khas Arya ⓘ
Hill Brahmin and Chhetri → associatedLanguageGroup → Khas-Arya ⓘ
linked to: Khas Arya