Posted by: nepalilaure February 2, 2011
Basnet or Basnyat ??
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Let me summarize:
These two are totally different. Not related at all, its just a coincidnet  or it is derived from their job in historical kingdoms to have this common 'thar'. Thats the reason they are assigned different 'gotras'. None of the two 'thars' that were related at least in recent past are assigned different 'gotras'.
So, based on their origin: 1: sirupali--originally from rajasthan---basnyat, 2: khaptad---western part of nepal (or north west of india)--basnet, 3: lamichhane (origin could be somewhere)--basnet, 4: khulal---basnet. So, its just a coincident for all of these 4 chhertri groups to have a thar called 'basnet'.
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