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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)withinvolume&q=Abhiri|title=The Kirātārjunīye|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>

==Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri==

Devagiri fort-The capital of Yadavas
The Seuna dynasty claimed descent from the Chandravanshi Yadavas (Yaduvanshis) of north India. Accord⏎
The '''Seuna''', '''Sevuna''', '''[[Yadav|Gavli Kings]]''' or '''Yadavas of Devagiri''' (IAST: Seuṇa, c. 1187–1317)[3] was a Medieval Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river ing to verse 21 of Vratakhand (a Sanskrit work by Hemadri), the Seunas were originally from Mathura and later moved to Dwarakahe south, in the western part of the Deccan region. Its territory included present-day [[Maharashtra]], north [[Karnataka]] and parts of [[Madhya Pradesh]], from its capital at Devagiri (present-day Daulatabad in modern [[Aurangabad]] district, [[Maharashtra]]).

Hemdari calls them Krishnakulotpanna (i.e., descendants of Lord Krishna). The Marathi saint Dnyaneshwar describes them as Yadukulvansh tilak. Some Seuna inscriptions call them Dvaravatipuravaradhishvaras ("masters of Dvaravati or Dwaraka"). Several modern researchers, such as Dr. Kolarkar, also believe that Yadavas came from North India.

The remains of Khandesh (the historical stronghold of Yaduvanshi Ahirs) are popularly believed to be of Gawli Raj, which archaeologically belongs to the Yadavas of Devgiri. For this reason, the historian Reginald Edward Enthoven believed that the Yadavas of Devagiri could have been Abhiras.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FoT6gPrbTp8C&pg=PA25&dq=Hemachandra+Abhira&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOp7_bhrb7AhVfwjgGHb8lDioQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Tribes and Castes of Bombay|last=Enthoven|first=Reginald Edward|date=1990|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0630-2|language=en}}</ref>

According to one belief, Deoghur or Doulatabad was built in AD 1203 by a Dhangar or herdsman (possibly related to the Abhiras or Ahirs). The leader of these herdsmen, who had acquired vast wealth, assumed the rank of a Raja. The Yadava kings of Devgiri could have been his descendants.

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

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