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#REDIRECT [[Yaduvanshi AheeThe '''Yaduvanshi Ahir or Yaduvanshi Aheer''' are descendants of [[Yadav|Yadu]], a legendary king of [[Chandravanshi|Chandravamsha]] lineage<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nvl1SFI1T8QC&pg=PA52|title=The Environmental Crisis of Delhi: A Political Analysis|last=Yadav|first=Sanjay|date=2011|publisher=Worldwide Books|isbn=978-81-88054-03-9|language=en}}</ref> The [[Hindu deities|Hindu deity]] [[Krishna]] is believed to be born in the Yaduvanshi Ahir branch of the [[Chandravanshi|Lunar dynasty]], They are also included in Tod's list of 36 royal races.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQIzAAAAIAAJ&q=ahir|title=Population Geography: A Journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India|date=1988|publisher=The Association|language=en}}</ref>

== Origin and history ==
The term Ahir comes from the [[Sanskrit]] word Abhira (fearless), who were once found in different parts of [[India]] and [[Nepal]] and who in several places wielded political power. The Abhiras are equated with Ahirs Gopas and Gollas, and all of them are considered [[Yadav|Yadavas]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SODZAAAAMAAJ|title=Social Movements in India: Peasant and backward classes movements|last=Rao|first=M. S. A.|date=1978|publisher=Manohar|language=en}}</ref>

According to Srimad Bhagvat, The simple forest life of Abhiras is full of gaiety piousness and is unprejudiced, which is better than the hellish civilization of the urban places full of passionate and lusty life.

The point that the Abhira are Kshatriyas and specifically Yaduvanshi has been proved in the earlier lines. In Harivansa Purana, it has been said that Gopa and [[Yadav]] are generic of the same lineage.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wT-BAAAAMAAJ&q=Yaduvansi|title=The Cattle and the Stick: An Ethnographic Profile of the Raut of Chhattisgarh|last=Soni|first=Lok Nath|date=2000|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture|isbn=978-81-85579-57-3|language=en}}</ref>

In the Padma purana, [[Vishnu]] exclaims I shall be born among you o Abhiras at [[Mathura]] a promise which was ful-fulled in the birth of Krishna.The same Purana speaks of the Abhiras as great philosophers.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyyNIL7Ug2kC&pg=PA126|title=Krishna-cult in Indian Art|last=Bhattacharya|first=Sunil Kumar|date=1996|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-7533-001-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w9pmo51lRnYC&pg=PA113|title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World|last=Garg|first=Gaṅgā Rām|date=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-374-0|language=en}}</ref>

Ancient Sanskrit scholars such as Pāṇini, [[Chanakya]] and Patanjli mentioned Abhiras as followers of Bhagawat sect of Hindu religion.<ref name="Goyala1986">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLHXAAAAMAAJ|title=A Religious History of Ancient India, Upto C. 1200 A.D.: Smarta, epic-Pauranika and Tantrika Hinduism, Christianity and Islam|author=Śrīrāma Goyala|publisher=Kusumanjali Prakashan|year=1986|accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref><ref name="RangarajanKamalakar2001">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voLXAAAAMAAJ|title=Jainism: art, architecture, literature & philosophy|author1=Haripriya Rangarajan|author2=G. Kamalakar|author3=A. K. V. S. Reddy|author4=K. Venkatachalam|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Sharada Pub. House|isbn=978-81-85616-77-3|accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref><ref name="Culture1986">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eC45AAAAIAAJ|title=Journal of ancient Indian history|author=University of Calcutta. Dept. of Ancient Indian History and Culture|publisher=D.C. Sircar|year=1986|accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>

in the Mahabharata, Ahir, Gopa, Gopal and [[Yadav|Yadavas]] are all synonyms.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrAwAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Abhiras+and+Gopalas+are+synonymous|title=Ancient Nepal|last1=Regmi|first1=D. R.|last2=Studies|first2=Nepal Institute of Asian|date=1969|publisher=Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43Fzt-G_-XYC&q=great+abhiras&pg=PA3|title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography|last=Kapoor|first=Subodh|date=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-298-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZAiAAAAMAAJ&q=abhiras+looted+arjuna|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India|last=Rao|first=M. S. A.|date=1979|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-90255-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZAiAAAAMAAJ&q=Kauravas|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India|last=Rao|first=M. S. A.|date=1979|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-90255-4|language=en}}</ref>

Sir H.M Elloitbook "Indian castes and tribes" say Yaduvanshi Rajputs are derived from the Yaduvanshi Ahirs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?ei=H0RrTeCxFMjmrAfdyPXCCw&ct=result&id=KTEoAAAAMAAJ&dq=Jadubans+Ahirs+claim+descent+from+Rajputs&q=Yadubansi|title=Report of the Indian Statutory Commission ...|last=commission|first=Great Britain Indian statutory|date=1930|publisher=H. M. Stationery Office|language=en}}</ref>

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