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Yaduvanshi Ahir
The Yaduvanshi Aheer or Yaduvanshi Ahir are descendant of Lord Krishna of the ancient Yadava clan[1] The Ahirs have three major classifications Yaduvanshi, Nandavanshi and Goallavanshi. Yaduvanshi claim descent from Yadu, Nandavansh claim descent from Nanda, the foster father of Krishna and Goallavanshi claim descent from gopi and gopas of Krishna's childhood.[2][3] They belong to Yaduvanshi stock.[4]
As per anthropologist Bhrigupati Singh in Classical Hinduism Krishna was from the Yaduvanshi Ahir tribe.[5][6]
Historians such as P. M. Chandorkar has used epigraphical evidence to argue that Ahirs and Gawlis are representative of the ancient Abhiras and Yadavas tribe mentioned in Sanskrit works.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ Yadav, Sanjay (2011). The Environmental Crisis of Delhi: A Political Analysis. Worldwide Books. ISBN 978-81-88054-03-9.
- ↑ Singh, Bhrigupati (6 April 2015). Poverty and the Quest for Life: Spiritual and Material Striving in Rural India. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-19468-4.
- ↑ Michelutti, Lucia (2002). Sons of Krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a north Indian town. University of London.
- ↑ Sherring, Matthew Atmore (1872). Hindu Tribes and Castes. Thacker, Spink & Company.
- ↑ Singh, Bhrigupati (2015). Poverty and the Quest for Life. University of Chicago. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-226-19468-4.
- ↑ Dahlaquist, Allan (1996). Megasthenes and Indian Religion. Motilal Banarsidass Publisher. p. 85. ISBN 9788120813236.
- ↑ Guha, Sumit (2006). Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991. University of Cambridge. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-521-02870-7.