Hinduism: Details about 'Yadav'
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Yadavs, known by various other names including Gopes, Gaurs, Yadavas, Ahirs, Kurubas, Abhirs, Surabhirs, Suras, Surasena, Souryasaini, Ghosals, Rawals, Bhatis, Goudas, Pradhans, Rauts,Raos,Ahirrao and Yaduvanshis, are among the five most ancient Aryan groups of Bharata. They mostly follow Hindu religion, and are currently located in different parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
MythologyAccording to Hindu mythology, Yadavas are descendants from Yadu, one of the five Aryan clans mentioned in the Rig Veda. Prominent among the ancient Yadavas include:
The legend further states that Jarasandh, Kamsa’s father-in-law, and king of Magadha attacked Yadavas to avenge the killing of Kamsa. Yadavas had to shift their capital from Mathura (central India) to Dwaraka (on the western coast of India) on the Arabian Sea. Manusmriti on AhirsAbhira, Ahira: a cowherd; according to Manu the offspring of a Brahman by a woman of the Ambashtha or medical tribe. A people located in the north of India along the Indus. There has been a good deal of misapprehension respecting this people. Hindu writers have described them as living in the north and in the west, the quarter varying according to the locality of the writer, and translators have mixed them up with a neighbouring people, with whom they are generally associated, and have called them Surabhiras. Their modern representatives are the Ahirs. It has been suggested that the country or city of the Abhiras is the Ophir of the Bible.According to Markandeya Purana all kshatriya were killed in a holocoust led by parshuram only abhiras survived by escaping into craters between mountains about whom great sage markandeya remarked-all kshatriya have been killed but abhira have survived,they will surely rule the earth in kaliyuga. IntroductionGope means mystique stemming from Shiva (Also called Gopeshwar) and emulated in Bhagavad Gita, Yaduvanshis are descendants of ancient Yadavs. Ahirs or Abhirs who came to India as Scythian invaders (Avar Group of Sakas) were actually Yadavas of Dwarka who returned back their home after a gap as is evident from ancient language they spoke (Abhiri or ancient Sanskrit). Kshatriya religion was propounded by Krishna and no reference is found before him we only find rajnya as the term alternatively used for it(BhaGwad gita is emaciated form of hidden knowledge-Gope-which has its root in Shiva). Later on many kshatriya were made based on the philosophy of this religion as revealed in Bhagavad Gita. General profileYadavas are the single largest community in India, estimated to constitute more than 11% of the Indian population - in terms of sheer numbers this translates to 110 million people, prompting some people to state that Yadavas are not merely a community but a "nation" in themselves. Through numerous political parties, such as the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular) and Tamil Makkal Desam (Tamil Nadu), this caste has considerable political influence, especially in the governments of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh. Yadavs, though being Kshatriyas, in certain parts of India are classified by the respective governments amongst Other Backward Classes, or OBCs. This classification stems from their prevailing general economic and educational condition. The Yadavas are linked to Krishna and several ruling families, such as the ancient kings of Prayag, the Yadavas of Devagiri, the Nandas, the Wodeyars of Mysore and more recently that of Rao Tularam of Haryana, one of the leading figures of the First War of Independence (1857) in India. Major Yadav clans
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