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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