Edited sentence: In appearance, they proclaim their Aryan descent.In early British settlement reports they are spoken of highly as farmers.In medieval times the Ahir community gave up their arms and took to agriculture especially in areas like Azamgarh.The Ahir community is known to produce best of the military jawans, wrestlers and agriculturists.They are tall and wiry, have dark eyes, long noses, black hair and their complexion varies from wheatish to dark brown.They stand on an equal footing with the Rajputs and Jats in the caste hierarchy, but though they eat with them, they do not intermarry.Though mostly agriculturists, they also make good soldiers