The Majhraut[1] or Majraut[2] is a clan of Yaduvanshi Ahir that inhabits the Indian state of Bihar and Jharkhand.[3][4][5][6] They are believed to be descended from the Yadav king Madhu who ruled Mathura.
Like Krishnaut even Majhraut Ahirs never sold either milk, ghee or butter.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Mishra, Shiva Kumar (1998). Educational Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India: From the Earliest Times to 1206 A.D. with Special Reference to Mithilā. Ramanand Vidya Bhawan. ISBN 978-81-85205-71-7.
- ↑ The National Geographical Journal of India. National Geographical Society of India. 1975.
- ↑ Bihar (India); Choudhury, Pranab Chandra Roy (1957). Bihar District Gazetteers: Bhagalpur. Superintendant, Secretariat Press, Bihar.
- ↑ Singh, Rana P. B. (1977). Clan Settlements in the Saran Plain (Middle Ganga Valley): A Study in Cultural Geography. National Geographical Society of India, Banaras Hindu University.
- ↑ Bihar (India); Choudhury, Pranab Chandra Roy (1962). Bihar District Gazetteers: Hazaribagh. Superintendant, Secretariat Press, Bihar.
- ↑ Siddiqui, M. K. A. (1993). Inter-caste and Inter-community Relationship: Developing Patterns. Commonwealth Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7169-260-6.
- ↑ Hunter, William Wilson (1877). A Statistical Account of Bengal. Trübner & Company.
- ↑ Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1976). A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of Bhágalpur and the Santál Parganás. D. K. Publishing House.