Yadav
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Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral castes in India and Nepal that, since the 19th and 20th centuries, have claimed descent from the legendary king Yadu as a part of a movement of soc
A group of Aheers, a major constituent of the Yadav group, from around Delhi, 1868, as appearing in a British ethnography describing the many castes and races of India.
A woman of the Ahir community, which falls within the Yadav group, harvesting wheat in western India. Many Yadavs have taken to non-traditional occupations
Two cowherds from the Gauwli caste (now a part of the Yadav group) in Berar (now in Maharashtra) 1874
A buffalo herder from the Lingayat Gauli caste (now a part of the Yadav group) in Mysore state (now Karnataka, 1875
Ahir
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Ahir or Aheer is a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most of whom now use the Yadav surname, as they consider the two terms synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a
An Aheer from Shahabad, Bihar
'B' Company (Ahir), 1st Battalion, The 5th Light Infantry, Quetta, 1918
Indian officers, 'B' Company (Ahir), 1st Battalion, 5th Light Infantry, Quetta 1918.