Hi Nalapani ji, For some folks who commented negatively about talking about castes, we are talking about historical origin and has nothing to do with casts crap. Isnt it fair to talk about the origin? Very interesting to know about the Chhetris living in Jumla and their different culture and not wearing janais.. Very nice explaination about the origin of basnets. Among Chhetries , I see varying looks as mentioned earlier. I see some resemble more like Magar and have last names karkis, thapas..(I am aware of THapa Chhetris and Magars), basnets etc. What about so called malla, shahi or shah thakuris, from west nepal, where many of them look more mongolian and few have aryan features. Any idea on that. I am pretty sure those more monglian looking thakuris and chhetris wouldnt be pleased to know about their mongolian great grandparents in their bloods. and would seek higher social status by considering themselves more chhetry then matawali blood in them. Please let me know any good book that I could read about