Abhira dynasty

The Abhira dynasty was a dynasty that ruled over the western Deccan, where they maybe succeeded the Satavahanas. From 203 to roughly 260, they formed a vast kingdom. Abhira Era started by Ishwarsena in AD 249, continued with them and was called Abhira-Traikutika era.^[1] This era was later continued by Kalachuri Dynasty, calling it Kalachuri era, and later Kalachuri-Chedi era.^[2] After the rule of five Traikuta kings, they retired to central provinces and assumed the name Haihaya and Kalachuri.^[3] Historians call this entire era as Abhira-Traikutika-Kalachuri-Chedi era.^[4] In the Ramayana and Mahabharata the Abhiras in the West are spoken of, and in the Puranic Geographie, the country on the western coast of India from the Tapti to Devagarh, is called Abhira or the region of cowherds. It seems probable that they were connected with the Yadavas who were in power in the eighth, and again appear as the rulers of Devagiri or Daulatabad in the 12th and 13th century.^[5][6]

1. ↑ A Comprehensive History of India: pt. 1. A.D. 300-985. Orient Longmans. 1981.
2. ↑ Numismatic Digest. Numismatic Society of Bombay. 1982.
3. ↑ Choubey, M. C. (2006). Tripurī, History and Culture. Sharada Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-88934-28-7.
4. ↑ The Numismatic Chronicle. Royal Numismatic Society. 1983.
5. ↑ India, United Service Institution of (1879). Journal of the United Service Institution of India.
6. ↑ Historical and Descriptive Sketch of His Highness the Nizam's Dominions. Printed at the Times of India Steam Press. 1883.