Yadava

The Yadava (lit. 'descended from Yadu'), were an ancient <a href="/facts/Indian_people/S30UyveY">Indian people</a> who believed to have descended from <a href="/facts/Yadu_(legendary_king)/cEyt2PpE">Yadu</a>, a legendary king of <a href="/facts/Chandravamsha/92JELfx7">Chandravamsha</a> lineage. 
The community was formed of various <a href="/facts/Clan/xvdhrCHz">clans</a>, being the Satvatas, <a href="/facts/Andhaka/crmISQWB">Andhakas</a>, <a href="/facts/Bhoja_tribe/4Q5SfRNR">Bhojas</a>, Kukuras, <a href="/facts/Vrishni/pHJXM6bl">Vrishni</a>, <a href="/facts/Surasena/L1pJIJ1j">Surasenas</a>, and <a href="/facts/Abhira_tribe/qSLBjKTl">Abhira</a> who all worshipped <a href="/facts/Krishna/oQVtX5MI">Krishna</a>. They are listed in ancient Indian literature as the segments of the lineage of Yadu (Yaduvamsha). Amongst the Yadava clans mentioned in ancient Indian literature, the <a href="/facts/Haihayas/8rR0hENv">Haihayas</a> are believed to have descended from Sahasrajit, elder son of Yadu and all other Yadava clans, which include the <a href="/facts/Ced%25C4%25AB_(tribe)/WrF4Nqtl">Chedis</a>, the <a href="/facts/Vidarbha_kingdom/ICCoDsdh">Vidarbhas</a>, the Satvatas, the Andhakas, the Kukuras, the Bhojas, the Vrishnis and the Surasenas are believed to have descended from Kroshtu or Kroshta, younger son of Yadu.
In the <a href="/facts/Mahabharata/EKbN9XwS">Mahabharata</a> it is mentioned that when the Yadavas abandoned <a href="/facts/Dv%25C4%2581rak%25C4%2581/7dle1eAD">Dvārakā</a> (Dwaraka) and <a href="/facts/Gujarat/HwmVfMwr">Gujarat</a> after the death of <a href="/facts/Krishna/oQVtX5MI">Krishna</a> and retreated northwards under <a href="/facts/Arjuna/ofBqRuDM">Arjuna</a>'s leadership, they were attacked and broken up.
It can be inferred from the vamshanucharita (genealogy) sections of a number of major <a href="/facts/Puranas/AQ7FeRsA">Puranas</a> that, the Yadavas spread out over the <a href="/facts/Aravalli_Range/c0kCkuMH">Aravalli</a> region, <a href="/facts/Gujarat/HwmVfMwr">Gujarat</a>, the <a href="/facts/Narmada_River/DEYrkEGx">Narmada</a> valley, the northern <a href="/facts/Deccan_Plateau/dDtSAQnd">Deccan</a> and the eastern <a href="/facts/Ganges/q0IGurvB">Ganges</a> valley. The <a href="/facts/Mahabharata/EKbN9XwS">Mahabharata</a> and the Puranas mention that the Yadus or Yadavas, a confederacy comprising numerous clans were the rulers of the <a href="/facts/Mathura/ShS7I2c5">Mathura</a> region. and were <a href="/facts/Pastoral_farming/aMPEynCG">pastoral cowherds</a>. The Mahabharata also refers to the exodus of the Yadavas from <a href="/facts/Mathura/ShS7I2c5">Mathura</a> to <a href="/facts/Dv%25C4%2581rak%25C4%2581/7dle1eAD">Dvaraka</a> owing to pressure from the <a href="/facts/Pauravas/kxLnfjEm">Paurava</a> rulers of <a href="/facts/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)/e2vLVE9U">Magadha</a>, and probably also from the <a href="/facts/Kuru_(kingdom)/8Uqlu8TH">Kurus</a>.
At various times there have been a number of communities and royal dynasties of the <a href="/facts/Indian_subcontinent/0XUWGXpx">Indian subcontinent</a> that have claimed descent from the ancient Yadava clans and legendary Yadava personalities, thus describing themselves as the ancient Yadavas.

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