Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c8.68

c8.68

Early is also worth noting that the Abhiras from Sindh seemed to have spread over Kutch and Kathiawar. Such Chudasama tribes were the descendants of Kutch and the Chudasama of Sorath, who like the Abhiras had been the rulers of the Yadavas stock. Historically the Abhiras had been found in the vicinity of the Abhiras as they are mentioned as one of the with the Abhiras and as the descendants of whatever one of these kings is the Abhiras in the Puranas is to the heart of some local pride, and part of any ancient kings. Further in the local traditions as well as Puranic stories the Abhiras are still commonly called Ahir-rachas. The position of Abhiras in Ptolemy (A.D. 150) are as to those that in the second century the Ahiras were settled between Sindh and the Sabarmati. Similarly it may be suggested that Ahir is a corruption of Abhir-rashtra.