actually this is not at all a contentious issue don't go by the talk page comments if you have facts to the contrary you should present them there are other authors who explicitly says this they are reputed too they tick all the boxes of wp rs but they are themselves yadavs and others don't have the reputation rao enjoys so i am not sure if i should use those sources however you should present something if you think people have stated anything contrary in fact msa rao merely compiles what bhandarkar and others have already established you should have a look into the deleted ahirs as yadav section this will clear a lot of your doubts i am interested in bringing back the entire section and not just a statement this topic exists as a subject and should contain all the arguments by different scholars going into finer points of this aspect no blast