Yaduvanshi is an Ahir caste found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly modern-day India and Nepal. The term Ahir is often seen as synonymous with Yadav or Yaduvanshi because these are two names of the same community. In the 1881 census records of the British empire, Yadavs are identified as Ahirs. The Yaduvanshi Ahir presence in India is well established through old writings and various Hindu scriptures from the ancient times going back to 6000 years B.C. The Ahir all over India call themselves Yaduvanshi (Belonging to Yadu dynasty). Krishna was this dynasty; hence many of the customs associated with him are found in this society. They were rulers in different regions. The Mahabharata and other authoritative works use the three terms-Ahir, Yadav and Gopa synonymous. In the epics and the Puranas the association of the Yadavas with the Abhiras was attested by the evidence that the Yadava kingdom was mostly inhabited by the Ahirs.