The following adds another dimension to the mystery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund

• In the extreme north of Himalayas at a very high altitude, you have the Roopkund lake (at 5029 metres (Mt.Everest or Sagarmatha is 8000+ metres)) which is scattered with bones and skeletons of 300-600 people. There are no proper approach roads to this lake and it’s a 3-4 days trek to reach it
• These skeletons are divided in 2 groups: a short group (probably local porters) and a taller group of people who were closely related
• Radiocarbon dating puts the date of the event in the 9^thCentury ACE
• National Geographic aired a 1-hour documentary on this lake. Their investigations reveal that
• These folks were killed by a very lethal hailstorm
• The size of skeletons indicates people from the plains, probably Hindu pilgrims and
• That the group was very closely related: with females and children too
• Now here’s the catch: The group’s DNA analyses indicatesthat they are Konkanastha Chitpavan Brahmins. “a taller group with DNA mutations characteristic of the Kokanastha Brahmins of Maharashtra” If that’s not eerie, what is?
• What were a group of Chitpavan Brahmins doing in the 9^th century ACE up in Himalayas? Even the first literary mention of ‘KoBras’ is in the 15^th century or so and that too localized in West Indiain a very small area. Hmm….food