pade and gp. since when BISTA starts signifying/becoming BAHUN. old nepal had four KAJI's [ and they are all chhetri's or considered one ] BASNYAT;KHADKA;THAPA[chhetris<<== reason there are THAPA MAGAR's too];BISTA . people would argue now where are PANDE [ like sadar bhim bdr pande] khalak.. they were somewhere limited to SARDAR (o: not KAJI's... KHADKA's were also considered one of the four KAJI's in OLD nepal. Believe it or not .. BISTA.. used to/does mean CHHETRI. not BAHUN. I am merely stating fact here.. not defending caste system i would like to correct GP.. on one thing though, POLITICS in KTM/PALACE. can be revolved AROUND BHAI BHARDARS.. that includes RANA-SHAH clan. THAPA[KAJIS-Bagale]-BASNET[KAJIS] they are not POLITICIANS. MERELY PROFESSIONALS. THEY SERVE KING and COUNTRY. and these poor souls still are in 1800s.... now see [KAJIS] in braces.. that means that there are different KINDS of THAPA.. total of 34 to be precise. so other 33 KINDS may be involved in POLITICS. I am not speaking for them. ps Surya Bdr. Thapa happens to be in that 33rd kind-mugale thapa.