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The '''Machhoya''' (also spelled '''Maschoiya''') are a [[Gotra]] of the [[Ahir|Ahirs]] found in the [[Rajkot]], [[Kutch]], [[Junagadh]], [[Dwarka]], [[Amreli]], [[Bhavnagar]], [[Morbi]], and [[Jamnagar]] districts of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Jyotindra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuPWAAAAMAAJ |title=Folk Art and Culture of Gujarat: Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat |last2=Gujarat |first2=Shreyas Folk Museum of |date=1980 |publisher=Shreyas Prakashan |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=80–81 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Origin ==<br />
When the Ahirs came from Mathura to [[Dwarka]]{{When|date=September 2025}} with Lord [[Krishna]], they spread all over [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] and [[Kutch district|Kutch]], [[Gujarat]] region.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} The Maschoiya are a community of [[Ahir]]s who are said to have settled along the banks of the Machhu-katia river, and the word Maschhoiya literally means those from Macchu-katia.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} According to the traditions, Maschoiya were originally [[Samma dynasty|Samma Ahirs]], and a female ancestor left [[Sindh]] for [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], where she married an [[Ahir]] king. Their descendants thus became Maschoiya Ahir. The Maschoiya Ahir are found mainly in [[Rajkot District]], [[Kutch District]], [[Morbi maulik<br />
]], [[Junagadh District]], [[Amreli]] and [[Bhavnagar]]. They are a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] speaking community.<br />
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== Present circumstances ==<br />
The Maschoiya are divided into a number of exogamous clans called ''Ataks'' like<br />
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Baraliya,<br />
Jalu (Jaru),maulik khimaniya–<br />
Lokhil,<br />
Khimaniya,<br />
Mand(Marand), <br />
Miyatra (Myatra), <br />
Makawana,<br />
Dangar, <br />
Sonara,<br />
Chaiya (Chhaiya),<br />
Bakotra (Bakutra),<br />
Virda,<br />
Kangad,<br />
Zer,<br />
Lavadiya, <br />
Meta, <br />
Herbha, <br />
Hethvadiya, <br />
Chavda,<br />
Jatiya,<br />
Lula,<br />
Balasara,<br />
Gujariya,<br />
Kothivar <br />
Goyal (Gohel) <br />
Chudasama,<br />
Avadiya,<br />
Segaliya,<br />
Khatariya,<br />
Jiladiya,<br />
Kuvadiya,<br />
Garchar,<br />
Kihor<br />
and many more, all of which are of equal status. They belong to [[Kshatriya]] varna.<ref name="Gujarat, R. B. Lal">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&dq=Chudasama+Ahir+Rajput&pg=PA46 | title=Gujarat, Part 1 Gujarat, Anthropological Survey of India | publisher=Popular Prakashan |author1=maulik khimaniya|author2=Rajendra Behari Lal |author3=Anthropological Survey of India | year=2003 | pages=46 | isbn=9788179911044}}</ref> Unlike other [[Ahir]] communities in [[Gujarat]], the Maschoiya practice [[Consanguinity|consanguineous]] marriages. Most of them work in the salt industry, transport, construction, farming, and extra fields.<ref name="Gujarat Lal">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&dq=Chudasama+Ahir+Rajput&pg=PA46 | title=Gujarat, Part 1 Gujarat, Anthropological Survey of India | publisher=Popular Prakashan |author1=Kumar Suresh Singh |author2=Rajendra Behari Lal |author3=Anthropological Survey of India | year=2003 | pages=48 | isbn=9788179911044}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Ahir Boricha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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