Yaduvanshi Ahirs | |
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![]() A statue of Yaduvanshi Ahir King Rao Tularam Singh in Jhajjar | |
Religions | Hinduism |
Country | India |
The Yaduvanshi Ahirs are a traditionally agricultural and pastoral community in India.[1] The Yaduvanshi Ahirs presence in India is well established through old writings and various Hindu scriptures from the ancient times going back to 6000 years B.C.[2]
The Yaduvanshi Ahirs claim descent from the Rigvedic Yadu tribe. The Yadus had a tribal union with the Turvashas tribe, and were frequently described together.[3][4] The Yadus were a partly Indo-Aryan-acculturated Indus tribe. By the time of the arrival of the Puru and Bharata tribes, the Yadu-Turvashas were settled in Punjab, with the Yadu possibly residing along the Yamuna River.[5] In the Rigveda, x.62.10, the Yadus and Turvashas are called dasas or barbarians. From these evidences R.P. Chanda infers that the Yadus were of homo-Alpinus origin, settled originally in Western Asia, whence they came to India settled in saurastra or kathiawad Peninsula and then spread to Mathura.[6]