Ahir clans
The Ahir also known as Yadav, is a caste/community found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly modern-day India and Nepal. The Ahir/Yadavs are divided into three sub-castes namely Yaduvanshi, Nandvanshi and Gwalvanshi with their profession as cowherd and some of them are also cultivators who claim their descent from Krishna of the Yadava dynasty described in the Mahabharata.[1][2][3]
Clans
Yaduvanshi
The Yaduvanshi[4] claim descent from the Rigvedic Yadu tribe of Krishna.[5][6]
Nandvanshi
The Nandvanshi Ahirs[6] are the offsprings of Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna.[7]
Gwalvanshi
The Gwalvanshi are one of the subdivisions of Ahir/Yadavs.
Ghosi
The Ghosi are a division of Ahir community found mainly in North India. They were the zamidars and small rulers of various parts of country.[8][9] Ghosi trace their origin to Nanda, the professed ancestor of Ghosi Ahirs.[10]
Phatak
The Phatak Ahirs claim to be descended from Digpal, the Ahir Raja of Mahaban.[8][11]
Dauwa
The Dauwa Ahirs are the descendants of Shree Balaram, half-brother of Lord Krishna.[12] Dauwas were rulers of Bundelkhand in past. It is said that Dauwas had established their power in Bundelkhand even before Bundela Rajputs.[12]
Ahar
The Ahar are a Hindu caste of agriculturists.[13] The Ahar tribe are spread through Rohilkhand and other districts of North-Western provinces, following pastoral pursuits. They are of Yaduvanshi stock.[14]
Krishnaut
Krishnaut or Kishnaut are Ahirs that inhabits the state of Bihar.[15][16]
Majhraut
The Yadavs who migrated from Mathura (Braj) to Bihar and its surrounding areas came to be known as Mathuraut or Majrauth.[17] They inhabit the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand.[18][19][20][21] They claim to be descended from the Yadava king Madhu who lived in Mathura.
See also
References
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Their original caste title was Ahir. The idea of a unique Krishnavanshi kinship category which fuses traditional subdivisions Yaduvanshi, Nandavanshi and Goallavanshi into a single endogamous unit
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