Ahar

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The Ahars (also called Yadav or Yaduvanshi) is a peasant or agricultural caste of North India.[1][2] Ahars claim descent from the Rigvedic tribe; Yadus.[2]

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  1. Mendelsohn, Oliver; Vicziany, Marika (1998). The untouchables : subordination, poverty and the state in modern India (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xi. ISBN 9780521556712. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Singh, Mohinder (1947). The Depressed Classes: Their Economic and Social Condition. Hind Kitabs. p. 130. Retrieved 10 August 2016.