Kiranti (Asian people)

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• Work cat.: Dahal, D.R. Ethnographic study of social change among the Athapahariya Rais ... 1985.
• Handbk. ethnog.:p. 123.
• Voegelin lang.:p. 501 (Kirante; Kiranti (Khambu)) p. 154 (Khambu (Kiranti, Kulung, Sangpang))
• Researches into the history and civilization of the Kirātas, 2008:p. 3 (Kirātas pre-eminently among the tribes described in ancient and classical (Greek and Latin) literature; They constitute one of the major segments of the tribal communities living in the Himalayan and sub-Himalayan regions, forests tracts, mountainous areas and the Gangetic plains, valleys and delta of India)

The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirat or Kirant or Kiranti, are Tibeto-Burman ethnolinguistic groups living in the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim and the northern hilly regions of West Bengal, that is, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts).