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'''Madhuriputra''' was an [[Ahir]] king who ruled over the Nashik in the 3rd century AD .<ref name="poi">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjswAQAAIAAJ&q=madhuriputra | title=People of India, Volume 38, Part 1 | publisher=Anthropological Survey of India | author=Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India | year=1998 | pages=44 | isbn=9788171547661}}</ref><ref name="Singh1998">{{cite book|author=K. S. Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqvloPNdEZgC&pg=PA44|title=People of India: Rajasthan|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-766-1|pages=44–|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref> The [[Nasik|Nashik]] inscription speaks of a king Madhuriputra [[Ishwarsena]] / Mathariputra Ishvarsena,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/151985/9/07_chapter%201.pdf|title=Archaeology of the ancient place names in the deccan|last=Kapre|first=K R|date=|website=hdl.handle.net |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> who was an [[Abhir|Ahir]] and a son of Shivadatta who was said to be the founder of this dynasty. This dynasty originated around 249-250BCE, an era that would be known as [[Kalachuri dynasty|Kalachuri]]-[[Chedi Kingdom|Chedi]] era in later times.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra {{!}} India|url=https://nashik.gov.in/about-district/history/|access-date=2021-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref> They would rule the region around Nashik. Some historians consider them to be a branch of the [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahanas]].<ref name="(India)1962">{{cite book|author=Maharashtra (India)|title=Maharashtra State gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0puAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=17 June 2011|volume=3|year=1962|publisher=Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State|page=104cn}}</ref> After the fall of Satavahana Dynasty in 199A.D , Abir Dynasty is said to rule over Nashik and the northeast. Madhuriputra was one of the ten kings of this dynasty who ruled Nashik for 67 Years. <ref name=":0" />

Historically, Ahirs founded Ahir Batak town (Ahrora) in [[Central Provinces]] and [[Ahirwada]] in [[Jhansi]]. [[Rudramurti Ahir]], an [[Army General]], who later became a king, Madhuriputr, [[Ishwarsena]] and Shivdatta<ref name="MH">{{cite book|last1=Maharashtra (India)|title=Maharashtra State gazetteers, Volume 3 Gazetteer of India Gazetteers of British India, 1833-1962 Imperial gazetteer. District series Imperial gazetteers of India India gazetteers Maharashtra State Gazetteers, Maharashtra (India)|date=1962|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0puAAAAMAAJ&q=Madhuriputra|accessdate=29 February 2016}}</ref> like well known kings of Ahir lineage mingled with [[Rajputs]].<ref name="mad">{{cite book|last1=K. S. Singh|first1=B. K. Lavania|title=Rajasthan, Volume 1 Volume 38 of People of India, Kumar Suresh Singh Part 1 of People of India: Rajasthan, Anthropological Survey of India Rajasthan, Anthropological Survey of Indi|date=1998|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547661|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC&dq=Madhuriputra&pg=PA44|accessdate=29 February 2016}}</ref>
Historically, Ahirs founded Ahir Batak town (Ahrora) in [[Central Provinces]] and [[Ahirwada]] in [[Jhansi]]. [[Rudramurti Ahir]], an [[Army General]], who later became a king, Madhuriputr, [[Ishwarsena]] and Shivdatta like well known kings of Ahir lineage mingled with [[Rajputs]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}{{cn|date=June 2018}}

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