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 Ahirs (Abhiras) came from Eastern Iran  

""The Abhiras who came from some part of Eastern Iran seem to have settled at first in northern Sindh.""

Uttankita Sanskrit Vidya-Aranya epigraphs, Volume 2

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Prāci-jyotī: digest of Indological studies, Volume 10-page-113

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The tribes and castes of Bombay, Volume 1 By Reginald Edward Enthovenpage -23

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Oriental studies, Part 1-page-57

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The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial unity-page-221

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Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Ksatrapas, the ... By E.J. Rapson

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The Age of imperial unity, Volume 2, Part 1-page-221

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Advanced history of India

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Geographical data in the early Purāṇas: a critical study-page-129

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New light thrown on the history of India: the historical Naga kings of India, 6th C.B.C.-14th C.A.D.-page-76

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Buddhism in western India-page-54

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India as seen in the Bṛhatsaṁhitā of Varāhamihira-page-65

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Some early dynasties of South India By S. Chattopadhyaya

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