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[[File:Krishna as Envoy.jpg|thumb|Ahir<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voLXAAAAMAAJ&q=abhira+krishna|title=Jainism: Art, Architecture, Literature & Philosophy|last1=Rangarajan|first1=Haripriya|last2=Kamalakar|first2=G.|last3=Reddy|first3=A. K. V. S.|date=2001|publisher=Sharada Publishing House|isbn=978-81-85616-77-3|language=en}}</ref> god Krishna as envoy to the Kaurava court before Kurukshetra war. Yadava Satyaki takes out his sword when the Kauravas, raise their (contracted; show full)n/books?id=Nuq1AAAAIAAJ&q=graharipu+ahir&redir_esc=y|title=The Chronology of Indian History, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century|last=Rickmers|first=Christian Mabel|date=1972|publisher=Cosmo Publications|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=5gk7AQAAMAAJ&q=Graharipu+ahir&redir_esc=y|title=Hindu Castes and Tribes of Gujarat|last=Campbell|first=James M.|date=1988|publisher=Vintage Books|language=en}}</ref>


==Narayani Sena==
'''Narayani Sena''', '''Narayana Gopas''', '''Gopayan'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wT-BAAAAMAAJ |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|pages=16}}</ref><ref name="Kumar1979">{{cite book|author=Nava Kumar|title=The Mahabharata: A Spiritual Interpretation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHUpAAAAYAAJ&q=narayani+gop+sena|year=1979|publisher=Sura Sadan Pub.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last= Shome| first = Alo| title = Krishna Charitra: The Essence of Bankim Chandra| page =104| isbn= 8122310354| year= 2000|publisher=Pustak Mahal}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Alf |last=Hiltebeitel |title=Ritual of Battle, The: Krishna in the Mahabharata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYNFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |publisher=SUNY Press, 1976 |isbn=9781438406725 |page=106 |quote=But more than this, the comparison leads to the meaning of the terms by which Krishna determines that the first pick, in the choice between himself and the Narayana gopas, goes to Arjuna. It goes to the younger.}}</ref> or '''Yadav Sena''', the army of Lord [[Krishna]] of [[Dwarka|Dwarka Kingdom]] is called as the supreme Sena of all time. It is described in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' as being all of the Abhira (Ahir) caste.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KTEoAAAAMAAJ&q=Narayani+Army&redir_esc=y|title=Report of the Indian Statutory Commission ...|last=commission|first=Great Britain Indian statutory|date=1930|publisher=H. M. Stationery Office|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Braj Kumar |last=Pandey |title=Sociology and Economics of Casteism in India: A Study of Bihar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e41uAAAAMAAJ |year=1996 |publisher=Pragati Publications, 1996 |isbn=9788173070365 |page=78 |quote=The Narayani Army which he organized, and which made him so powerful that his friendship was eagerly sought by the greatest kings of his time, is described in the Mahabharat as being all of the Abhira caste.}}</ref> They were the basic threat to the rival kingdoms. Fearing Narayani Sena, many Kings didn't try fighting against Dwaraka. Because Dwaraka sorted most of the threats through Krishna's politics and talent of Yadavas. Using Narayani Sena, the [[Yadav|Yadavas]] extended their empire to most of India.<ref>{{cite book|first=Amir |last=Hasan |title=People of India: Uttar Pradesh, Volume 42, Part 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxdWAAAAYAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India, 2005 |isbn=9788173041143 |page=17}}</ref><ref name="Chowdhary2014">{{cite book|author=Gopal Chowdhary|title=The Greatest Farce of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bOEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=4 March 2014|publisher=Partridge Publishing India|isbn=978-1-4828-1925-0|pages=129–}}</ref><ref name="Krishna2020">{{cite book|author=Subhash Krishna|title=Salvation by Lord Shri Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ubxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT431|date=19 July 2020|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64587-108-8|pages=431–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indus-meetindus.blogspot.com/2016/02/forces-in-war.html?m=1 |title=Forces in war! - Indus.heartstrings |format= |accessdate=}}</ref>
===Composition of Narayani Sena===
Krishna had offered Arjuna, the choice of selection between him or his whole army of Narayani Sena against Duryodhana. He possessed 10 million fighting Gopes who were brave fighters and were famous by the name of Narayan. In Harivansa Purana, it has been said that Gope or Yadav are generic of the same lineage.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=wT-BAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|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> The Sena includes Krishna’s 18,000 brothers and cousins. The Sena had 7 Maharathis (Krishna, Balaram, Samba, Ahuka, Charudeshna, Chakradeva and Satyaki) and 7 Athirathis (Kritavarma, Anadhrishti, Samika, Samitinjaya, Kanka, Sanku, Kunti).<ref>{{Cite web|last=DigitalCavalry|title=Narayani Sena & Lord Krishna's Politics|url=http://iyadav.com/narayani-sena/|access-date=2022-10-18|website=I Yadav|language=english}}</ref>
==Rule of the Nepal==
===Gopala dynasty===
The Gopala Dynasty or Gopala Bansha was a first dynasty of ancient Nepal founded by Gopa (Yadava) in the Kathmandu Valley. The Kings of Gopala Bansha ruled over Nepal for 505 years. It was replaced by Ahirs (Yadava) of Mahispala Dynasty. They claimed descent from Lunar (chandravamsi) or Ne Muni Dynasty. The Kings of Gopala Bansha ruled over Nepal for 505 years. It was replaced by Ahirs (Yadava) of Mahispala Dynasty. The Gopalas and Mahisapalas are together known, s(contracted; show full)last=Bhāravi|date=1972|publisher=Ratna Pustak Bhandar|language=en}}</ref>  according to Amarakosha the wife of Abhira is called Abhiri. Althoughgh chronicles like Gopālarāja-vamsāvalīand chronicle of Kirkpatrick mentions Abhira-Gupta family as Ahirs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49850|title=A Account Of The Kingdom Of Nepaul|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Colonel|date=1811}}</ref>

==Related pages==
*[[Yadav]]

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