Abhirs : hill tribe along the Indus. Nepal’s earlier rulers were Abhirs & Kirātas.
... traffickers resort; Brahmin nor Kshatriya body housed the Lord, Vaishya nor Sudra nor outcaste. At length To a bare hut on a wild mountain's verge Led by the star I came. A hermit mad Of the wild Abhirs, who sat dumb or laughed, And ran and leaped and danced upon the hills, But told the reason of his joy to none,— In him I saw the Lord, behind that mask Page 327 Perceived the Spirit ...
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