The organizing principles of Brahmin-Chetri kinship

This article is a field analysis of data from anthropological research the author has been carrying out in the town of Pokhara, in west central Nepal. He has examined what he has found to be in close relation of these systems with Brahmin-Chhetri economic choice in a situation of change and development. The author concentrates on presenting and analysing Brahman-Chhetri kinship and its main organising  principles, which are firmly held, willingly articulated, and firmly put into practice in Pokhara and surrounding hill areas. They suggest the nature of cultural continuity which can be expected for the people of this ethnic group as Nepal continues to undergo economic development and change.