Ahir Kingdom

The Ahir (Abhira) kingdom in the Mahabharata is either of two kingdoms near the Sarasvati River which existed only as a dried up river bed during the time of the Kurukshetra War. They were dominated by the Ahirs/Abhiras sometimes referred to as Surabhira also, combining both Sura and Abhira kingdoms. The modern day Abhira/Ahir territory lies within the Northern areas of Gujarat and Southern Rajasthan, India. King Sivadatta was probably the founder of the Abhira/Ahira kingdom.
Reference of Abhiras in Mahabharat
Ahirs are mentioned as warriors in support of Duryodhana in the Mahabharta war. The Gopas, whom Krishna had offered to Duryodhana to fight in his support when he himself joined Arjuna's side, were no other than the Yadavas themselves, who were also the Ahirs. The Ahirs also have been described as Vrata Kshatriyas. The Ahirs are said to have looted the train of Arjuna, the Pandava, when he was returning from Dwaraka being accompanied by some of the members of Sri Krishna's family after the death of the latter. Abhiras are said to have waylaid Arjuna and deprived him of remaining wealth from Dwarka and women somewhere in Punjab." Abhiras who looted Arjuna were the supporters of the Kauravas, and in the Mahabharata, Ahir, Gopa, Gopal and Yadavas are all synonyms. They defeated the hero of Mahabharatha war, and did spare him when he disclosed the identity of the members of the family of Sri Krishna.
Ahir kingdom of Maharashtra
The Ahirs ruled western Maharashtra which included Nasik, Aparanta, Lata
and Khandesh
Ahir kingdom of South India
According to historian Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya the Ahir kingdom was far more extended in South India.
King Porus
Porus was an ancient Indian king whose territory spanned the region between the Hydaspes River of Jhelum and Acesines (Chenab River), in the Punjab region. He is credited to have been a legendary warrior with exceptional skills.Porus fought against Alexander the Great in the Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BC), thought to be fought at the site of modern-day Mong, Punjab, which is now part of Pakistan. Ancient Greek historians describe the battle and the aftermath of Alexander's victory. After the defeat and arrest of Porus in the war, Alexander asked Porus how he would like to be treated. Porus, although defeated, being a valiant, proud king, stated that he be treated like how Alexander himself would expect to be treated. Alexander was reportedly so impressed by his adversary that he not only reinstated him as a satrap of his own kingdom but also granted him dominion over lands to the south-east extending until the Hyphasis (Beas).Porus reportedly died sometime between 321 and 315 BC.
According to historian Ishwari Prasad, Porus might have been a Yaduvanshi Shurasena. He argued that Porus' vanguard soldiers carried a banner of Heracles whom Megasthenes--who travelled to India after Porus had been supplanted by Chandragupta--explicitly identified with the Shurasenas of Mathura. This Heracles of Megasthenes and Arrian (the so called Megasthenes' Herakles) has been identified by some scholars as Krishna and by others as his elder brother Baladeva, who were both the ancestors and patron deities of Shoorsainis Yaduvansh.
Iswhari Prashad and others, following his lead, found further support of this conclusion in the fact that a section of Shurasenas were supposed to have migrated westwards to Punjab and modern Afghanistan from Mathura and
Dvaraka, after Krishna walked to heaven and had established new kingdoms there.
Kalachuris dynasty
The name of the Abhira Kalachuri Empire was used for two states after the 10th-12th century dynasties, the one who ruled central India and Rajasthan and called the Chadhi or Haaiyah (northern branch of Kaluchuri) and the other southern Kalkururi who ruled the Karnataka region, have been regarded as the descendants of Trikuta-Aarons. Southern Kalchuris (1130-1184) currently governs the northern Karnataka and Maharashtra parts of the south. In the middle of 1156 and 1181, in the south of the Dynasty, the following were the main chiefs of the kingdom: Krishna Bijjala Someshwar Sangma 1181 A.D. After the operation, the area was acquired by the Kachuri from the religious perspective, primarily a follower of the cattle sect of Hindus.
Traikutakas
It is generally believed that Traikutas was another class of Abhira. And that is why it has also been called Abhir-Trikuta in history.Indradatta, Dahrasen and Vigrasen are the chief kings of this dynasty. The Trikutas are known for their Vaishnava sect, which claimed to be the Yadavs of the Heheya dynasty. And Dahrasen also performed Ashwamedh Yajna. The following were the principal rulers:
Maharaj Indra Dutt
Maharaj Dhrsen
Maharaj Wyagrasen.
Chudasama Dynasty
The Chudasama dynasty community is originally considered to be descendants of the Abhiran community of Sindh province. Ra Grihrippu of this lineage has been called as Abhir and Yadava in the poetry of Hemphandra. According to Indian historian Vidarbha Singh, Chudasam people are the descendants of Samma Yadavas of the Nagar Samachi of Sindh province, who probably migrated from Sindh in the 9th century, came here. Harald Tambs-Lyche believes that the popular dental story Evidence based on the property that was Cudhasm Empire in Junagadh in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The Chumasam line was traditionally established in 875 CE and with the help of Ahir community in 1030, he was re-elected in power by conquering a king of Gujarat. Chudasama is also often addressed by 'Ahirni Rani' and by the idea of Harald Tambs-Lyche- "Chudasam state was composed of Ahir caste and a small princess dynasty which was later classified into Rajputs. " Dulmak Chudasam, the last ruler of this lineage, accepted Islam religion under the influence of Mahmoud Baghara in 1470. Bagara had invaded Girnar on Chudasam State many times.
Hoysalas
The Hoysala Empire was a Kannadiga power originating from the Indian subcontinent, that ruled most of what is now Karnataka, India, between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially located at Belur but was later moved to Halebidu.
Inscriptions dated 1078 and 1090 imply that the Hoysalas were descendants of the Yadava by referring to the Yadava vamsa (clan) as the "Hoysala vamsa". But there are no early records directly linking the Hoysalas to the Yadavas of North India.
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