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Yaduvanshi Aheer
The '''Yaduvanshi Aherr (or Ahir)''' 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>

(contracted; show full)astes 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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