"अहीर": अवतरणों में अंतर

यादव वंश प्रमुख रूप से आभीर (वर्तमान [[अहीर]]),<ref name="ahirs">{{पुस्तक सन्दर्भ|last1=Kripal Chandra Yadav|title=Ahīravāla kā itihāsa, madhyayuga se 1947 Ī. taka|date=1967|publisher=the University of California|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=5B22AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0&dq=%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbwqfw8v7KAhXCmpQKHUCZATcQ6AEIKTAC|accessdate=17 फरवरी 2016|ref=Ahirs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224220636/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=5B22AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0&dq=%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbwqfw8v7KAhXCmpQKHUCZATcQ6AEIKTAC|archive-date=24 फ़रवरी 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> अंधक, व्रष्णि तथा सत्वत नामक समुदायों से मिलकर बना था, जो कि भगवान [[कृष्ण]] के उपासक थे। <ref>Society and religion: from Rugveda to Puranas

By Jayant Gadkari, URL((http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Zst_7qaatp8C&pg=PA184 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130819/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Zst_7qaatp8C&pg=PA184 |date=27 दिसंबर 2016 }}))</ref><ref>While discussing about the Puranic accounts, Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri used the term, ''Yadava clans'' for the Andhakas, the Vrishnis and the Kukuras (Raychaudhuri, Hemchandra (1972). ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p.447fn3). But Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar used the term ''Yadava tribes'' for the Satvatas, the Andhakas and the Vrishnis (Bhandarkar, R. G. (1995). ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=C5zKrCIBmBwC&pg=PA11 Vaisnavism, Saivism and Minor Religious Systems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613111437/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=C5zKrCIBmBwC&pg=PA11 |date=13 जून 2018 }}'', Delhi: Asian Educational Service, ISBN 978-81-206-0122-2, p.11).</ref>

महाभारत में भी युद्धप्रिय, घुमक्कड़, गोपाल अभीरों का उल्लेख मिलता है।<ref name="rkp">{{पुस्तक सन्दर्भ|last1=Chandrakanta|title=Katha Satisar|date=2007|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd|isbn=9788126713615|page=55|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TDRPgVmuvwQC&pg=PA55&dq=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisrIXErZrLAhUMcI4KHQl-DDU4HhDoAQgaMAA#v=onepage&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&f=false|accessdate=28 फरवरी 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306202740/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TDRPgVmuvwQC&pg=PA55&dq=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisrIXErZrLAhUMcI4KHQl-DDU4HhDoAQgaMAA#v=onepage&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&f=false|archive-date=6 मार्च 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

आभीरों का उल्लेख अनेक शिलालेखों में पाया जाता है। शक राजाओं की सेनाओं में ये लोग [[सेनापति]] के पद पर नियुक्त थे। आभीर राजा [[ईश्वरसेन]] का उल्लेख [[नासिक]] के एक [[शिलालेख]] में मिलता है। ईस्वी सन्‌ की चौथी शताब्दी तक अभीरों का राज्य रहा। अंततोगत्वा कुछ अभीर नयी जाती राजपूत जाति में अंतर्मुक्त हुये व कुछ अहीर कहलाए ।<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XcBEAQAAIAAJ&dq=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+ An̐dhere_ke_juganū] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424172501/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XcBEAQAAIAAJ&dq=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+ |date=24 अप्रैल 2016 }} रांगेय राघव कृत, Publisher-Śabdakāra, 1974, Original from the University of California</ref>