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Ahir-Rajput Connection

The Ahir Rajput[1][2] also known as Yaduvanshi Rajput[3] are descendants of the Abhira or Yaduvanshi Ahirs.[4] According to distinguished historians, The Yaduvanshi Rajputs are derived from the Yaduvanshi Ahirs.[5][6][7][8] Some scholars regard the Chudasamas, Jadejas and Devagiri Yadavas are Ahirs.[9]

Some historians believe Yaduvanshi Rajputs are banjaras or Muslims who started claiming they are Yaduvanshi to increase their Social status.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

James Tod demonstrated that Ahirs were included into the list of 36 royal races of Rajasthan (Tod, 1829, Vol.1, p. 69 ii,p. 358).[19][20][21]

References

  1. ↑ Kumar, Dharma; Habib, Irfan (2005). The Cambridge Economic History of India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-81-250-2731-7.
  2. ↑ Bhatia, Harbans Singh (1984). Political, Legal, and Military History of India. Deep & Deep Publications. It would appear that Brahmans, Bhars, Ahirs, Jats, Gujars, and Huns have all contributed to the Rajput clans.
  3. ↑ जोशी, प्रह्लाद चन्द्र (1999). मालवी और उपबोलियों का व्याकरण तथा पश्चिमी हिन्दी की उससे सम्बद्ध बोलियों से तुलनात्मक अध्ययन: लोक भाषा के व्याकरण का अभूतपूर्व भाषा वैज्ञानिक ग्रंथ. Dī Sṭūḍeṇṭsa Buka Kampanī, 1999. p. 145. नागजी दूलजी की भक्ति भावना में अहीर जाति (यदुवंशी राजपूत) आकण्ठ डूबे रहते हैं।
  4. ↑ Soni, Lok Nath (2000). The Cattle and the Stick: An Ethnographic Profile of the Raut of Chhattisgarh. Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture. ISBN 978-81-85579-57-3. the Abhira were divided into thirty-six lineage groups. It has also been described in 'Nagvansa' written by Pradyumn Singh (quoted by Singh 1945), as thirty-six' Kuris. It shows that the Abhira are the Kshatriya and were called both Kshatriya and Rajput. the Yadubansi Kshatriyas were originally Ahirs". In the old literature thirty-six sections of the Kshatriya caste have been mentioned'. Chand Bardai, a Kshatriya, was one of the eminent persons in the Prithviraj Chauhan's cabinet and a well-known poet, who has written "Prithviraj Raso". At one place, he has mentioned the 'Abhira' as a section of the Kshatriya caste. The above writings show that the Abhira is a section of Kshatriya caste.
  5. ↑ Soni, Lok Nath (2000). The Cattle and the Stick: An Ethnographic Profile of the Raut of Chhattisgarh. Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture. ISBN 978-81-85579-57-3. Bhattacharya (1995: 237) has written," The Rajput generally repudiate all connections with the Ahir, though it seems very probable that the Yadubansi Kshatriyas were originally Ahirs".
  6. ↑ India, United Service Institution of (1911). Journal of the United Service Institution of India. Mr. Bhattacharya advances the proposition that Jadubans Rajputs are descended from Ahirs.
  7. ↑ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink. The Rajputs generally repudiate all connection with the Ahirs, though it seems very probable that the Yadu Bansi Ksatriyas were originally Ahirs.
  8. ↑ commission, Great Britain Indian statutory (1930). Report of the Indian Statutory Commission ... H. M. Stationery Office. Mr. Bhattacharya, a distinguished historian , writes in his book the "Indian Castes and Tribes" : "It seens very probable that the Yadubansi Rajputs are derived from the Yadubansi Ahirs. The Narayani Army which the Krishna organised and which made him so powerful that his friendship was eagerly sought by the greatest kings of his time , is described in the Mahabharata as being all of the Ahir caste .
  9. ↑ Munshi, Kanaiyalal Maneklal (1943). The Glory that was Gūrjaradeśa: The pre-historic west coast. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Some scholars, however, regard the Cūḍāsamās, Jāḍejās and Devagiri Yadavas as Ābhīras.
  10. ↑ Elliot, Sir Henry Miers (1962). The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: the Posthumous Papers of the Late Sir H.M. Elliot. Susil Gupta. Sam, the son of Sambut Raja, had a son named Jadam. Jadam had four sons:-1. Haibat, whose son was Sind Samma; 2. Gajpat, whose son was Chughda; 3. Bhupat, from whom the tribe of Bhattis sprung; 4. Chura Samma. His son was Ráí Daiyách, who became chief of Gimnál, a fort in the district of Sorath, and famous for the pomp of his retinue. He sacrificed his head as a religious offering.
  11. ↑ Deogaonkar, Shashishekhar Gopal; Deogaonkar, Shailaja Shashishekhar (1992). The Banjara. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-7022-433-4. The Banjara are divided into five main clans Rathod, Panwar, Chauhan, puri and Jadon
  12. ↑ Edwardes, Stephen Meredyth; Bombay (Presidency) (1909). The Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island ... Printed at the Time Press. the name Bhati or Bhatia being derived from the Sanskrit bhat.
  13. ↑ Iyengar, Venkatesa (1932). The Mysore. Mittal Publications. Banjaras are derived from the Charan or Bhat caste of Rajputana.
  14. ↑ Bombay (Presidency) (1901). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Government Central Press. BAÁTIS or Bhattis Rajputs, probably of Turkish origin. Both Bhátias and Jats claim to be Yadavas. But Bhátias are probably Turks and seem to have no claim to the name Yadava.
  15. ↑ Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. 2003. ISBN 978-81-7991-106-8. The Chudasama are an offshoot of the Samma tribe, probably of Turk origin who entered India during the seventh or eighth century and are found in Kachchh, Junagadh and Jamnagar districts.
  16. ↑ Shail Mayaram (6 May 2011). Kamala Visweswaran (ed.). Perspectives on Modern South Asia: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-4051-0062-5. Helena Basu points out that the Jadeja Rajputs of Gujarat who were described as 'half Muslim' employed African Sidi(Muslim) slaves as cooks
  17. ↑ Ahmad, Imtiaz; Reifeld, Helmut (2017-08-03). Lived Islam in South Asia: Adaptation, Accommodation and Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-38432-2.
  18. ↑ Cotton, James Sutherland; Burn, Sir Richard; Meyer, Sir William Stevenson (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India ... Clarendon Press.
  19. ↑ Population Geography: A Journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India. The Association. 1988. Ahir or Abhir are included in the list of thirty six royal races of Rajasthan (Tod, 1829, Vol. I, p. 69; II p. 358).
  20. ↑ Tyagi, Vidya Prakash (2009). Martial races of undivided India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-775-1. Traditionally, 36 "royal races," or rajkul, were known as Rajputs.
  21. ↑ Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and (1899). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society. One list at least , gives Abhira, 'a place in the 6 "thirty - six royal clans.' (See J.R.A.S., October, 1897, p. 890, and Arch. Rep., ii, 300.) In the N.W.P. the Ahir are still divided into great, and quite independent, sections- Jadubansi, Nandabañsi and Gwalbansi (Elliot, i, 3). Nanda, with whom Krishna took refuge, was an Ahir ' chief. The author of the Prabandh Cintamani (circa 1305 A.D.), in relating the story of the Yadava Ravs of Junagarh, called Navaghana the Ahir Rana "(Raśmāla, p. 118), while an inscription calls the same family" Yadava. In the Central Provinces, where the Ahir are numerous , they seem to be connected with some traditional" Gaoli" of former importance , and their name survives in Gwaliur, Gavalgarh, Gol-khanda, etc. The Abhira appear in the Samudra Gupta inscription, and are the people of Ptolemy's Abhiria.
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