Aphariya
Aphariya (Aphrya) also spelt as Affariya, Afariya or Phariya) is a clan of Lord Krishna.Ahirs of Rewari ruled the Rewari state. Rajputana gazetteer mentions that "The ahir Rao of Rewari formerly an important chief to the north, belong to Aphrya division of clan"[1]
History
Aphariyas belonged to Ahir Yadav clan. By 793 A.D. (850 Vikarmi Sammat) Ahir Charu Rao had established a local feudal state in Tijara* with Tijara as its capital. Many brave Ahirs also founded small Jagirs in its vicinity. Rewari was one of them. All the Jagirdars were under the dominant leader Charu Rao and 18 generations of Aphariya ruled the ahirwal region of present day Haryana and Rajasthan. Rao Raja Mitra Sen was a ruler of Rewari, India, who defeated the rulers of Jaipur in 1781 when they attacked the town.[citation needed] He also repulsed a Maratha expedition to Rewari in 1785, shortly before his death. Rao Gujarmal Singh (1739-1750) was a son of Rao Nandaram Singh. His elder brother, Rao Bal Kishan, was killed on 24 February 1739 during the Karnal war, after which Rao Gujarmal became king. Raja Rao Tula Ram is the most noted ruler of the lineage. [2]
In the Mughal period, Aphariya, Kaushaliya and Kosa were major aristocratic Aheer clans who had direct contacts with the Mughal state representatives.[3] Rao Nandram Aheer belonged to the Aphariya a powerful Aheer clan of Rewari, who on the basis of their military power and cultivable land holdings proved to be dominant.[4]
References
- ^ Rajputana (1880). The Rajputana gazetteers.
- ^ Lucia Michelutti (2002). "Sons of lord krishna: the politics of Yadav community formation in a North Indian town" (PDF). PhD Thesis Social Anthropology. London School of Economics and Political Science University of London. p. 83. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Lucia Michelutti (2008). The Vernacularisation of Democracy: Politics, Caste, and Religion in India. Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-41546-732-2.
- ^ Richard Gabriel Fox (1977). Realm and Region in Traditional India. Duke University Press. pp. 80–84. ISBN 978-0-91699-412-9.