Ethnic Groups of South Asia (In Pictures)

[Shah-Jehan]

Khas/Nepali People

The term Khas people (खस) was widely used to refer to the speakers of the Khas language (now called the Nepali language) in present-day Nepal and Kumaon region of India. They were also known as Parbattias or Paharis. The origin of the Khas people is uncertain. They have been connected to the Khasas mentioned in the ancient Hindu literature, as well as the medieval Khasa Malla kingdom. The Khas people appear to have entered present-day Nepal from the north-west. It is likely that they absorbed people from different ethnic groups during this immigration. Therefore, genetically, Khas is not a well-defined group. Traditionally, the Khas were divided into "Khas Brahmins" and "Khas Rajputs" (also called Chhetri), "Khas Kammi" and "Khas Dalit". The Shah dynasty of the Gorkha Kingdom, as well as the succeeding Rana dynasty, spoke the Khas language (now called the Nepali language). However, they claimed to be Rajputs of western Indian origin, rather than the native Khas Kshatriyas.

[Shah-Jehan]

Brokpa people

The Brokpa are a small community of Dardic Indo-Aryan people residing in Jammu and Kashmir region, about 163 km (101 mi) northwest of Leh and 62 km (39 mi) north of Kargil in Ladakh. They are mainly found in Dha, Beama, Garkhone, Darchiks, Batalik, Sharchay and Chulichan. Part of the community are also located in the Deosai plateau just across the LOC in the villages Ganoaks, Morol, Dananusar, and Chechethang in Baltistan. Like the people of Gilgit, they speak a variant of Shina language, Brokskat, unintelligible with other Shina dialects. They are said to have originally come from Chilas and settled in the area generations ago. They are predominantly Vajrayana Buddhists with a blend of folk animaism and minority follow Shia Islam. Minaro is an alternate ethnic name. 'Brogpa' is the name given by the Ladakhi to the people.It derives from Drukpa, which comes from the Tibetan word 'Drugu' (for an ethnic Turk.) This is an accurate demonym, considering that the Turkic Trakhàn dynasty were once ruling the Karakoram region.

[Squall Leonhart]

^Looks like khanabadoshi.

[Carlito's Way]

A lot of these mofos look mexican

[Squall Leonhart]

A lot of these mofos look mexican

Dude... please this doesn't belong here. And yeah they look similar to Mexicans for obvious reasons. Similar range and of course the mixtures of different ancestries.

[Carlito's Way]

Dude... please this doesn't belong here. And yeah they look similar to Mexicans for obvious reasons. Similar range and of course the mixtures of different ancestries.

it belongs here because we are discussing the ethnic groups of South Asia

[Myanthropologies]

Nice thread. I've learned about the Zanskari and Tibet people in my anthro class. They're cool.

[Myanthropologies]

Those are hardly representative of the typical Indian Hindu

Those are people from the extreme North of India. Kashmir, North Punjab, and moving along into Pakistan.

All of these groups look closer to Afghans (and yes Mexicans too) sometimes. Sikhs might be an exception.

They don't look close to Afghans. The only groups I have seen in this thread that have *some * people who look like Afghans are kashmiris, burusho, and kalash.

[Shah-Jehan]

Sherpa people

Sherpa (Tibetan: "eastern people", from shar "east" and pa "people") are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, the Himalayas.Most Sherpa people live in Nepal's eastern regions; however, some live farther west in the Rolwaling valley and in the Helambu region north of Kathmandu. Tengboche is the oldest Sherpa village in Nepal. Sherpa people also live in Tibet, Bhutan, as well as in the Indian states of Sikkim and the northern portion of West Bengal, specifically the district of Darjeeling. The Sherpa language belongs to the south branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages, and it is mixed Eastern Tibet (Khamba) and Lhasa dialogue. However, this language is separate from Lhasa Tibetan and unintelligible to Lhasa speakers

[Purohit ji]

You are only cutting the crust of the bread