Vidyādhara And Kirāt

Who were the vidyādhara - kshatriya or kirāta ? That is difficult to say with certainty. In all likelihood, to use Chatterji’s phrase, they shared ‘cultural and racial’ traits of both. Saklani lists both vidyādhara and kirāta among the ancient communities of the Himalayas. [Saklani, 2002 :Ancient Communities Of The Himalayas] We had identified the vidyādhara as the kshatriya of pure Indo-Gangetic stock, probably the eastern part of it. [Who Are Vidyādhara, 30 Jul 17] Now we can say that they might have also carried kirāta genes in them.