Yadavs in Maharashtra or Ahirs in Maharastra are members of the Ahir/Yadav community of Maharashtra. They are popularly known as Gavli, Jadhav, Ahir-Rao, Ahire, etc.[1][2] The 1881 census records of the British India state that the Yadavas who in their turn are identified with the Gaolis (Gavlis) and Ahirs were the dominant race at that time.[3]
History and Origin
some authorities have suggested that Ahirs (today Yadavs) migrated to Maharashtra from Panjab and Sindh in early historic times. other researchers have hypothesized that these people have in-habited Maharashtra for the last 5,000 to 10,000 years.[4]
References
- ^ Congress, Indian History (1990). Proceedings. Indian History Congress. p. 64.
- ^ Population Geography: A Journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India. The Association. 1988. p. 5.
- ^ Report on the Census of British India taken on the 17th of February 1881: Vols. I-III. 1881-02-17.
- ^ Pearl, Raymond (1993). Human Biology. Wayne State University Press. p. 306.