Gwalvanshi Ahir
Gwalvanshi Ahir is a very dominant[1] subdivison of Ahirs[2] or Yadavs.[3][4][5][6][7][8] They are divided in various got (clans) and lineages.[9][10][11] They are reckoned for their robust physical build, fierce attitude, and land-owning.[12][13][14][15] Vigor and Spirit are the hallmarks of all Ahir behaviour.[15] The members of Ahir caste are of heroic substance. The Ahirs have long maintained a tradition of caste heroism.[16] They say that they are descended from the Gopis, who danced with the God (Krishna) in the woods of Vrindavan and Gokul.[17] They are also found in Mathura and Vrindavan.[17] The vast majority of the Ahirs in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Awadh belong to the great Gwalbans stock.[7] The Ahirs in lower doab were specifically styled as Gwalvanshi Ahirs.[18][4][5] The Gwalvanshi Ahirs of Azamgarh have a tradition that their ancestors were kshatriyas and they ruled over the country.[19] They are said to have migrated from plains of Kutch, west Rajasthan and Kathiawad.[20]
Mannu Yadav (Wrestler), a Gwalvanshi Aheer from Benaras region[21]
Etymology
changeThey are called Gwalvanshi evidently after Gopala (Krishna).[22]
References
change- ↑ Maurya, Sahab Deen (1989). Population and Housing Problems in India. Chugh Publications. ISBN 978-81-85076-77-5.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Calcutta Review. University of Calcutta. 1885.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink.
- ↑ Crooke, William (1890). An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh. North-Western provinces and Oudh government Press.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 H.R. Nevill (1909). Gorakhpur: a Gazetteer being volume XXXI of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad, Superntendent, Government press.
- ↑ Swami Prasad Singh, Chairman; G. C. Chaturvedi, Vice-Chairman; P. N. Masaldan, Member; R. N. Nagar, Member; R. L. Dwivedi, Member; Lallan Ji Gopal, Member; B. N. Puri, Member; S. S. Sidhu, Member; P. N. Chopra, Member (1988). Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Deoria. Lucknow, Department of District Gazetteers.
- ↑ The Report on the Census of Oudh. Oudh Government Press. 1869.
- ↑ Coccari, Diane Marjorie (1986). The Bir Babas of Banaras: An Analysis of a Folk Deity in North Indian Hinduism. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
- ↑ Saraswati, Baidyanath (2000). Bhoga-moksha samabhava: Kaśī kā sāmājika-sāṃskr̥tika svarūpa (in Hindi). Ḍī Ke. Prinṭavarlḍa. ISBN 978-81-246-0151-8.
- ↑ Pandey, Gaya (2007). Jatil Samaj ka Manavshastr (Anthropology of Complex Society) (Hindi) (in Hindi). Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-344-1.
- ↑ Vidyarthi, Lalita Prasad (1976). Rise of Anthropology in India. Concept Publishing Company.
- ↑ यादव, रामलाल सिंह (2008). परित्राणाय साधूनां (in Hindi). Rajpal & Sons. ISBN 978-81-7028-732-2.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 a reader in general anthropology. Internet Archive. 1948.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Hiltebeitel, Alf (21 September 1989). Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-982-6.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Ibbetson, Sir Denzil; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
- ↑ Sinha, Satya Brat (1957). Bhojapurī lokagāthā (in Hindi). Hindustānī Ekeḍemī.
- ↑ Oudh (India), United Provinces of Agra and (1911). District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Azamgarh. Supdt., Government Press, United Provinces.
- ↑ Baines, Athelstane (22 March 2021). Ethnography (Castes and Tribes): With a List of the More Important Works on Indian Ethnography by W. Siegling. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-238388-9.
- ↑ Alter, Joseph S. (3 August 1992). The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07697-6.
- ↑ Hassan, Syed Siraj ul (1989). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0488-9.
Further reading
change- Coccari, Diane Marjorie (1986). The Bir Babas of Banaras: an analysis of a folk deity in North Indian Hinduism. University of Wisconsin--Madison.