Ahir

The Ahir Yadav is a historical tribe of kshatriyas and Farmers of India and Nepal. The term Ahir is a Prakrit form of the Sanskrit word Abhira meaning fearless.[1][2][3] Sanskrit scholars such as Panini and Chanakya say that Ahirs follow the Bhagavata sect of Hindu religion.[4] The Ahir (Yadav) community is given representation in government jobs and educational institutes as an Other Backward Class (OBC) in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.[5]

Ahir/Yadav/Yaduvanshi
ClassificationVedic Chandravanshi Kshatriya
ReligionsVaishnavism
SubdivisionsYaduvanshi, Gwalvanshi, Nandvanshi and Krishnavanshi

Origin

The origin of the Ahir is controversial, but prominent view among Indian historian agree Indo-Aryan origin of Ahirs and recognised as Yadavs.[6]

References
  1. Geraets, Wil (2011-05-18). The Wisdom Teachings of Harish Johari on the Mahabharata. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-59477-932-9. In the south was Mathura, the powerful kingdom of the fearless cow-herding Abhira tribe ruled by King Ugrasena, the maternal grandfather of Krishna.
  2. Tyagi, Vidya Prakash (2009). Martial races of undivided India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-775-1. The Ahir (an altered form of the word, Abhira standing for “fearless”) or Yadav is a martial race of India. Yadav (Sanskrit) meaning a descendent of Yadu; also a grand race of Hindustan in which Krishna was born.
  3. Yadava, S. D. S. (2006). Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7062-216-1. The term Ahir is a Prakrit form of the Sanskrit word ABHIRA meaning fearless.
  4. Chopra, Omesh K. (2020-03-02). History of Ancient India Revisited, A Vedic-Puranic View. BlueRose Publishers. Sanskrit scholars such as Panini and Chanakya say that Abhiras follow the Bhagavata sect of Hindu religion.
  5. "National Commission for Backward Classes". www.ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. Rao, M. S. A. (1974). Urban Sociology in India: Reader and Source Book. Orient Longman.
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