Magars are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group of Nepal and northern India whose homeland extends from the western and southern edges of the Dhaulagiri section of the high Himalayas range south to the prominent Mahabharat foothill range and eastward into the Gandaki basin. Present day Magar settlements range from Tanahu District of Gandaki Zone westward to include the districts of Palpa, Argha-Khanchi, and Gulmi in Lumbini Zone; Syangja, Kaski and Parbat in Gandaki Zone; Dolpa in Karnali Zone; Myagdi, and Baglung in Dhaulagiri Zone; Rukum, Rolpa, Piuthan, and Salyan in Rapti Zone; and Dailekh and Jajarkot in Bheri Zone in Nepa