Khasas

Khasas (Sanskrit: खश, IAST: Khaśa) were an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe and a late Janapada kingdom^[1] from Himalayan regions of northern Indian subcontinent mentioned in the various historical Indian inscriptions and ancient Indian Hindu and Tibetan literature. European sources described the Khasa tribe living in the Northwest Himalayas and the Roman geographer Pliny The Elder specifically described them as "Indian people".^[2] They were reported to have lived around Gandhara, Trigarta and Madra Kingdom as per the Mahabharata.

People of this tribe include Khas people of medieval Western Nepal, medieval Indian regions of Garhwal and Kumaon, the Kanets of Kangra, Himachal and Garhwal, the Khasa of Jaunsar-Bawar as well as Khakha Rajputs and Bomba clans of Kashmir and different part of northern Pakistan.