According to Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere

According to Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, the foremost scholar of religious traditions in Maharashtra,
The history of South India shows clearly that all the southern royal dynasties who arose from pastoralist, cowherd groups gained Kshatriya status by claiming to be Moon lineage Kshatriya, by taking Yadu as their ancestor and by continually keeping alive their pride in being "Yadava". Many dynasties in South India from the Pallavas to Yadurayas(Royal Wodeyar of the Mysore) of were originally members of pastoralist, cowherd groups and belonged to Kuruba lineages.
(Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, Translated by Anne Feldhaus (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur, South Asia Research. Oxford University Press,. p. 241).
Few sources connect them to Pala, the shepherd dynasty and thus, the Ahirs(Sanskit Abhira)
There are two types of Ahirs: Yaduvanshi and Nagvanshi.Nagvanshi Ahirs also started to connect themselves with Yaduvansh.
Scythians/Saka,Pahalav (Persians),Huns,Kushans etc.. were also Nomadic pastoralist



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