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E. Vansittart— Tribes , Clans , and Castes of Nepal, [No. 4, 
The Sahi clan is sub-divided into the following :— 
Sahi or Sah. 
Surjabangsi. Kallian. 
BhirkSti l NawakSti. 
Galkotid 
Newars. —The Newars are not a warlike or military race, but 
there can be no doubt that they occasionally produce good soldiers. 
The best Newar caste is the Sirisht, and one, Subadar Kishnbir 
Nagarkoti, of tbe 5tb Gurkhas, belonging to this caste, won the Order 
of Merit three times for gallantry displayed during the Kabul War, and 
was given a gold clasp when recommended a fourth time for conspicu¬ 
ous gallantry displayed at the time of Major Battye’s death, in the Black 
Mountains, in 1888. The Newars also fought most bravely and in a 
most determined way against the Gurkha conquerors—a fact proved by 
their twice defeating Prthvi Narayana, as before mentioned. 
They have letters and literature, and are well skilled in the useful 
and fine arts, having followed the Chinese and also Indian models; their 
agriculture is unrivalled in Nepal, and their towns, temples and 
images of the gods are beautiful, and unsurpassed in material and work¬ 
manship. 
The Jaicis are their priesthood, and should never, on any account, be 
enlisted in our regiments. 
Rais and Limbus. —Roughly speaking the Limbus inhabit the 
eastern portion of Nepal, and the Rais the country between the Limbus 
and the valley of Nepal. They are mostly cultivators or shepherds. 
Their physique is good, and in appearance they are much like an 
ordinary Magar or Gurung. They are very brave men, but of headstrong 
and quarrelsome natures, and, taken all round, are not considered as good 
soldiers as the Magar or Gurung. 
There is one regiment of Limbus in the Nepalese army, called the 
“ Bhaironath, ” but on account of their quarrelsome nature they were al¬ 
ways quartered apart. The Limbus are born shikaris, and most of 
the Maharaja’s tiger-trackers are Limbus. 
RAIS. 
Kir anti Rais. 
Bantawar. 
Hondui. 
Matwali. 
Butepa. 
Kaling. 
Potrin. 
Debu. 
Kamtal. 
Puwal. 
Dilipa. 
Khambu. 
Tanglua. 
Dobali. 
Kulapacha. 
Thulung. 
Hatwali. 
Kulungia. 
Waling. 
1 Derived from name of cities in whioh they resided. 
