Basnet

Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali:वस्नेत) is the surname of a particular Hindu family of Nepal and India. The Basnet or Basnyat family is considered one of the original noble courtier Bhardar families of the country. The Basnets are from the Kshatriya or varna. Kshatriya or varna are also called Chhetri caste in Nepal and India. They are believed to be of Indo-Aryan and Indo-European origins and it is said that they migrated into western Nepal during the Indo-Aryan invasion of Nepal by the Khas people. Basnets were migrated to current Nepal from Uttarakhand and Himachal State of current India during 15th to 19th Century and few afterwards. Currently many of the Basnets are found in Nepal and Indian States i.e. Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal, West Bengal, Assam, and Manipur as well as in Bhutan and Myanmar. Majority of Basnets speak Nepalese language as mother tongue. Although these days, Basnets of specially Dehradun area of Uttarakhand and Himachal state of India speak Hindi as mother tongue.