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rupees cash and I will be your banda for two years.” On receipt of 
money lie becomes a banda, and is bound to work for the two years for 
nothing beyond his food, but at the expiration of his two years, if he has 
contracted no fresh debt, he becomes free again. 
Menial Classes. —The following is a list of some of the menial 
classes of Nepal. No man belonging to any of these should be enlisted 
as a soldier. 
If it is found necessary to enlist any of them on account of their 
professional acquirements, they should be given separate quarters, and, 
as possible, be kept entirely away 
from all military duties 
Chamakkala ..... 
. Scavenger. 
Damai . .... 
. Tailor, musician. 
Drai . . • • • 
. Seller of pottery. 
Gain . .... 
. Bard. 
Ivamara ..... 
. Slave. 
Kami or Lohar .... 
. Ironsmith. 
Kasai (Newar) .... 
. Butcher. 
Kumhal ..... 
. Potter. 
Manji . ..... 
. Boatman. 
Pipa . ..... 
. Khalasi. 
Pore . ..... 
. Sweeper. 
Sarkhi 
. Worker in leather. 
Sarkhi Clans. 
Workers in leather—a menial class. 
Basiel. 
Gaire. 
Ramtel. 
Bhomrel. 
Hamalia. 
Rimal. 
Bilekoti. 
Hitung. 
Sirketi. 
Chitoria. 
Madkoti. 
Sirmal. 
Dankoti. 
Mangranti.l 
Kami or Lohar Clans. 
Ghotami. 
Gliartibewanri. 
Kanal. 
Rasliali. 
Religion, Arms, Dress and Characteristics. —About 600 years 
before Christ it is said that fakya Sirhlia (Buddha—the wise one) visited 
the Nepal valley, and found that the fundamental principles of his reli¬ 
gion had already been introduced amongst the Newars by Manjasri from 
China. To Manjasri by the Buddhists, and to Visnu by the Hindus, are 
assigned, respectively, the honour of having by a miracle converted the 
large mountain lake of Naga Vasa into the present fertile Nepal valley, 
by cutting with one blow of a sword the pass by which the Bagmatl 
1 This clan is derived from the fact of the ancestors of the same having resided 
within Barah Mangranth. 
