The Ahars, also called Ahir or Yadav, are a peasant or agricultural caste of North India.[1][2][3]
The group labelled Ahar were generally found in a few west-central districts of India, but in the 1931 census of India appeared in large numbers recorded in the north-central districts, though not in any of the districts between the former and latter.[4] They claim to be descended from Yadu race.[5]
References
- ↑ The untouchables : subordination, poverty and the state in modern India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1998). ISBN 9780521556712
- ↑ The Depressed Classes: Their Economic and Social Condition{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Hind Kitabs(1947)
- ↑ Unearthing gender : folksongs of North India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Duke University Press(2012). ISBN 978-0822351306
- ↑ Opposition in a Dominant-Party System{{#if:Burger|, Burger}. University of California Press(1969)
- ↑ Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World, Volume 1{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Concept Publishing Company(1992). ISBN 9788170223740
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