Talk:Yadav/Archive 9

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If you have any questions, I am happy help; you can also find places on that first help page I linked to ask questions to others. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:20, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

what about MSA Rao book which provides evidence

http://books.google.com/books?ei=4RqGTvHVDYPOrQf59-TrDA&ct=result&id=wWEiAQAAMAAJ&dq=semi+historical+evidences+ahir&q=semi+historical#search_anchor

studies in tamil literature and history cowherd V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar

proves that the pandya dynasty is of Ahir origin.

http://books.google.com/books?ei=f7GpTsXoNKH40gGg45ihDg&ct=result&id=MFUtAQAAIAAJ&dq=studies+in+tamil+literature+and+history+headship+ayar&q=headship+ayar

http://books.google.com/books?id=F-_eR1isesMC&pg=RA1-PA34&dq=Yadavas+of+South+India+velir&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

all reasearch articles by authors with academic credentials. The above two are excellent resources and have been ignored completely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.69.1.253 (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Far from being "ignored completely", two of the three sources which you provide have been discussed extensively on this very talk page. The third I can only see in snippet view (V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar). Can you see any more of it? - Sitush (talk) 20:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)


 * (edit conflict)WP:AGF is a golden rule. Much of the problem is because of non-invilvement of people like you for a very long time. I have seen that phase. Ikon  No-Blast  20:26, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I am AGF'ing that these users are coming with the intention of "improving" the article. At the same time, that is impossible if they come here under the impression that one editor has "corrupted" (the term used in the off-wiki sites) the article from the way it used to be, when, in fact, that was a consensus decision based on policy.  The prior version that those sites point to was terribly flawed, and our goal cannot be to try to go back to that version.   We can certainly all take the goal of improving the article, adding more reliable sources and info.  We cannot say "our goal is to go back to the version that glorifies (our) caste".  I'm willing to AGF that these new editors want to improve the article, but simply don't understand how WP works.  Thus, my intent to help by pointing them to our policies, guidelines, and help pages.  If, however, they refuse to read those guidelines, or if they read them but continue pushing a POV, I no longer have to AGF--as the saying goes, AGF is not a suicide pact.
 * This weekend I'll try to review the discussions of the Rao and other book and see if maybe action can be taken. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:49, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Bunch of thanks that would really help's a lot, at repair or(remove) photo's please ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.67.206 (talk) 13:47, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

studies in tamil literature and history by V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar is actually available in amazon.com A free preview is available for that page 179.

also MSA Rao, T padmaja and V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar are research scholars with good credentials and article can be edited based on these inputs. Also MSA rao states clearly that evidence exists for equating the ahirs with yadavas. V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar says the same thing that Pandya dyansty came out of ayar ( ahir )headship. T padmaja says the same thing. all these authors completely pass wikipedias reliable resource. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.69.1.253 (talk) 21:40, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Just an update, I am reviewing the Rao pages that JanetteDoe uploaded before; it will take me a few more days. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:50, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Reading Rao confuses the heck out of me, and makes me worry a lot about including his opinion in the article. For example, he switches back and forth between talking about the Abhira and the Ahir; at some points he seems to consider them synonymous, but at other points seems to imply that one is a sub-group of the other. Rao is actually really easy to use if all we wanted to do was pick out a quotation that supported a single specific view, but the problem is that since different parts seem to contradict (or at least use terms in a slippery, incompatible way), it's hard to figure out what Rao really means by any given quote.  I'll give it another shot--so far, I've been looking mainly at the first set of pages, so maybe there's something clearer in the next set. If the prose is so tortured and inconsistent that we can't figure out what it means with at least a reasonable degree of certainty, I'm not sure that we can safely use it as a reference.  But, as I said, I'll try again later. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

MSA Rao is pretty clear on the floowing facts 1. That historical evidence exists for equating ahirs with yadavas. 2. Ahir. abhiras gopas, gollas are all yadavas. 3. Ahirs had a chequered political career till the 14th century. 4. He users ahirs and yadavas interchangeably. 5. Suena yadava dynasty is a abhira dynasty ( he uses them interchangeably ). It is under section "abhiras as yadavas". he merely uses ahirs/abhiras/yadavas interchangeably. and it is also clear that Rao Nandram ( of ahir kingdom ) belonged to yaduvamsi ( yadava ) subcaste of ahirs.

the wiki article YADAVs introduction could be correct based on MSA Rao book. The article has no neutrality at all.

MSA Raos book is very clear to understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 04:32, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If it's clear for you to understand, then perhaps you could address the problems I site above. Further, your claims here are not correct--he uses ahir and Abhir interchangeably sometimes, but in other times clearly distinguishes between them.  This is why the Rao is a problem if you want to use it for anything more than individual quotes (which, of course, we cannot do).  Qwyrxian (talk) 04:55, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

MSA Raos book is very clear ( pages 122 to 127 ). He clearly and very clearly uses word yadav, ahir and abhiras interchangeably. Its very clear in the section " Abhiras as yadavas ". MSA Raos book should be given due weightage and the articles introduction needs to be corrected.

I think based on wikipedia policy we should not ignore such a valuable well acomplished academic resource. but I think its very clear what is being done here.. basically its a clear case of hijack... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 04:32, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Article correction
The article is missing information. A few of them are. 1. Yadavs in rajasthan and haryana are economically and socially very different from yadavs from bihar. 2. MSA Rao clearly states that Rao Nandram belonged to the yaduvanshi category of Ahirs. So even before 19 or 20th century Ahirs considered themselves as yaduvansi ( YADAV ). page 125 of social movements and social transformation. 3. Studies in Tamil literature and history. Page 179. http://books.google.com/books?ei=f7GpTsXoNKH40gGg45ihDg&ct=result&id=MFUtAQAAIAAJ&dq=studies+in+tamil+literature+and+history+headship+ayar&q=headship+ayar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC) V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar is a great scholar. he clearly mentions that the pandya dynasty came out of the cowherds ( Ayar which is Ahir ). Please use this to edit the article. should also be given due weightage. ( I found this in discussion page only ). Please read link below http://ifile.it/ehkncuw

http://ifile.it/ehkncuw/page%20178%20and%20179.pdf —

The author V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar is  well known scholar and this is a academic work by university of madras.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 1 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Yaduvanshi Ahirs are mostly concentrated around Haryana and some pockets of Rajasthan. We have a proof of their existence for a long time there. A jain sage is referred to as Yadav, in Jain scripture, and he says he belongs to Abhirankya, supposedly Haryana.
 * Don't rely on yaduvanshi Ahir or Ahir artice, it is full of Ahars, who are not even considered Ahirs. Ikon No-Blast  16:36, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

the ayars referred here are AHIR. In tamil language AHIR are called AYAR. AHIR and AYAR are one and the same. so I beleive this can be used as a valid source. Any comments or thoughts from other wiki users is greatly appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

once again valuable info from well accomplished academic resources are ignored again.. Is there even a bit of neutrality in wikipedia. It looks like a clear case to tarnish the image of yadavs.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 04:36, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Dubiety tags
Please indicate for each of the relevant tags where in the source(s) they state that they are referring only to Yadavs of the Lunar dynasty. I suspect some original research may be going on here. There is, of course, already a (very poor) separate article for the Nandvanshi. - Sitush (talk) 14:29, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Caste in India:J.H. Hutton, this book talks about Yadavas of lunar line, so all citations from this book be removed or Yadav and Yadava should be merged


 * Citation 1: "Ahir: Caste title of North Indian non-elite 'peasant'-pastoralists, known also as Yadav.".. Ahir is only a sub group of Yadav so entire Yadav group can not be called non-elite.Suggest this sentence should be moved to 'Ahir' page and not Yadav page
 * "Contributions to Indian sociology, Moutan": refers to Ancient Yadavas of lunar line, so all citations from this be removed or merge Yadava and Yadav
 * Again Mandelbaum, in this book has talked about Yadavas and Yadavs and has taken reference from MS Rao. So either consider merging Yadava and Yadavs and also consider quoting Rao, or remove references from Mandelbaum
 * "Swartzberg, Leon (1979). The north Indian peasant goes to market" - talks about Yadavas of Krishnaut lineage.So consider merging Yadava and Yadav or remove all citations from this book as it again creates confusion
 * "^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's silent revolution: the rise of the lower castes in North India. " - here also, quoted text has been referred from MSA rao's book so MSA Rao's other citations should also be considered or this citation should be removed.


 * Let us discuss these issues first and then I will raise other inappropriate citations. Btw Sitush and Flower-request you to discuss this in a civilized way without spamming --Rockstar1984 (talk) 15:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * In other words, you are still pushing the merger agenda, centred around Rao etc. Forget it: you are saying nothing new and the discussion has only just been closed. - Sitush (talk) 15:31, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Guess you reply even without reading what others write, nowhere I am proposing the merger of two articles. All i am saying is that these citations used are misleading --Rockstar1984 (talk) 15:35, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * They are just pointing to excuses made for non inclusion of something here, whereas same ground is not used when negativity exists. Ikon  No-Blast  15:37, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Exactly Ikonoblast, the article has been hijacked very carefully, if its a negative test,doesn't matter if its Yadav, Yadava or Ahir or any herdsman for that matter but if its anything positive, we can't quote from the same reference. This lame is that--Rockstar1984 (talk) 15:42, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Please do not presume to know what I do or do not read. You are proposing stuff that has already been dealt with, period. The ins and outs of Rao, the fact that others have cited him etc have been discussed. Similarly, the issue regarding Ahirs vs Yadavs has been discussed. And so on. It all came to a head with the merger discussion, which has closed very recently. Since you were editing this article when it was previously at WP:DRN (and indeed, performed a very bad, non-consensual revert to an appalling earlier version during it), you cannot really claim not to have been aware of the way things were going with the clean up. Is Ikonoblast the other party in the "we" phrases that you keep using? If so, then it might pay you to read the various notes on their talk page as well as the contents of this talk page and the merger discussion. - Sitush (talk) 15:47, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Whenever I use WE it means wikipedia community, I don't know what they mean. however, an unfortunate thing is we are divided on building this article when we should have respected each other. Ikon  No-Blast  15:50, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The ins and outs of Rao, the fact that others have cited him etc have been discussed. -- Sorry You are nobody to discuss it or refute it here. If you are really interested you should publish your own work somewhere. you can only discuss if it comply with WP:RS, and nothing. Ikon  No-Blast  15:54, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Sitush,You can not always use the same logic that this has been discussed and get away.Again, I AM NOT PROPOSING A MERGER...ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT THESE CITATIONS are nor referring to Yadavs who are being discussed in this article.Read my objections again and understand that before spamming.And please if you do not have a valid justification for the citations, stop spamming and wasting everyone's time here.Let other's contribute and add some value to correct the article --Rockstar1984 (talk) 15:57, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The lead says "since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries[5][6] has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence". Yadu = Lunar dynasty; your edit summaries said that the sources only referred to the lunar dynasty & were therefore dubious. In fact, they agree with what the article is discussing, ie: those who claim descent from the mythological Yadu. What am I missing here?
 * Ikonoblast, the "we" query was directed at Rockstar1984, as the indenting made clear. - Sitush (talk) 16:05, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sitush, You are missing too many things, Ahir being only a subclass of Yadav and artile mentioning Ahir as non-elite can not be used in the lead to mention all Yadavs as "non-elite".Read otrher objections too, you missed all of them. And hang-on, I am confused, If you're saying that Yadavas of lunar dynasty and Krishnauts are same as Yadavs then why are we not putting other citations about Yadavas here and have moved it to Yadava. You are confusing everyone man, and that's why is dubious tag--Rockstar1984 (talk) 16:13, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Why did you say "Is ikonoblast the other party...."-- and what you mean by other things. Why you start commenting on contributors when we are discussiing something entirely different. In fact you and your team have spoilt the environs here. Ikon  No-Blast  16:15, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I give up. It is clear that neither of you have read the article thoroughly. There are plenty of citations supporting the non-elite (call is "shudra" if you want) status across the various constituent groups that form the modern Yadav community. I simply cannot cope with the chaotic, supposed logic of your arguments. That may be my fault but somehow I doubt it. - Sitush (talk) 16:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * FYI Shudra does not mean no elite. Kings were called shudra. Panini gives Shudrabhira as ref and then says Abhira jati antarani, which means they are shudra but they are not. Now if you are so competent, try to comprehend this. scholars are baffled. Ikon  No-Blast  16:27, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Fine, so if Sitush is not able to comprehend it but others have very well understood it, I am removing these dubious citations. Guess no one except Sitush and Fowler would object to it--Rockstar1984 (talk) 16:33, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you post them on the talkpage for investigation please. Off2riorob (talk) 18:12, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

They appear to have been supporting the expression, non elite - A non elite caste? What does that mean, that they marry out of caste? Off2riorob (talk) 18:21, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * - Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the ...By Susan Bayly - page 387
 * - Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the ...By Susan Bayly - page 200
 * - google books - in spite of the gods


 * If you can negotiate the thread, Talk:Yadav explains. It is a phrase used by academic anthropologists etc as a means of grouping various communities without deploying the historic Varna (Hinduism) labels. Actually, it is more subtle than this but I am hoping that this will suffice for your understanding. The reason why I mentioned "shudra" above is because most of the disagreements on caste articles relate to how the communities perceive themselves vs how they are seen by outsiders (including other Indian communities): whilst "non-elite" is not the same as "shudra", the implication of being somehow "inferior" tends to rankle with community members and also with revisionists outside communities who want to sweep all the history away. Well, that's my take on things - it was Fowler&fowler who introduced the term, but originally this article glorified the Yadavs as being of the warrior varna, "Kshatriya" and it has taken ages to get the thing cleaned up to better reflect the reality and the variations in opinion. Rockstar1984 reverted to a really bad, old version a couple of months ago while it was under discussion at WP:DRN. They appear not to like this article being in compliance with WP policies and guidelines because they think that it somehow demeans the community. Again, that is my take on things. - Sitush (talk) 18:43, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks fo rthe detail and the links. Its clearly a very complicated history that has various interpretations depending on which period of history you look. Perhaps considering rockstar is now blocked, you should consider reverting back to the better version. Off2riorob (talk) 19:19, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hm. I may then be accused of warring or taking advantage of the block. Been there, done that. I'm wary in these situations nowadays because there has been an awful lot of misunderstanding and misrepresentation of my contributions, so why add another opportunity for accusations. I'll let someone else do it, unless it is still the same in 24 hours. - Sitush (talk) 19:28, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think that there may be some confusion here. Rockstar1984's reversion of a couple of months ago has long been fixed, so if that is what you meant by "better version" then it is done & I apologise for not making that clear. If, on the other hand, you mean revert to the point before the insertion of the dubiety tags a few hours ago then, yes, I would agree with that. - Sitush (talk) 20:06, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * @Off2riorob, the first stance of the expression "non-elite" is in glossary of terms. It might be that the Book limits its scope of study to the non-elite section. Second stance too is from the same writer, so it is the case of making it look like too many. there is another reason for objecting to it in the lead. Later part of the article talks about elites among Yadavas from MSA Rao's book. So, you may judge what the scene is.
 * Also, Yadavas were the third largest beneficiary of Zamindari Abolition. They had got rich compensation after government abolished it. B.P. Mandal, the architect of mandal commission, himself came from a zamindar family. So you can't put that into lead, attaching some citations. It is simply mischievous. Ikon  No-Blast  11:08, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sigh. Sources? No-one is disputing that this article needs more info on the post-independence period etc but we start with the article body and then backtrack to the lead, since the latter is intended to be a summary of the former. Look, no single person can do it all but the solution is to work collaboratively, not to knock lumps out of people or edit in a clearly disruptive manner just to get a POV across. If you have policy-compliant information etc then just provide it, preferably without dancing round the houses. Too many people seem to react to existing content rather than create new content, but an article can only be balanced if all non-fringe viewpoints are included. It is not about exclusion but inclusion. - Sitush (talk) 11:29, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * "in north-eastern Bihar, Yadavs are not poor farmers or cowherds (as Lalu Yadav's family was, and millions still are) but wealthy zamindars." . Ikon  No-Blast  15:41, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think that a Rediff report trumps academic research but in any event, that quote does not exactly support the statement you made at 11:08. It was an interesting point but without decent sources we cannot use it. - Sitush (talk) 15:52, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That statement is also true. You just have to pull the records of that time. There were good number of zamindar families of this caste all around north India. People of Haryana and western UP are and were much wealthier than people of Bihar. Ikon  No-Blast  16:11, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

You are doing it again. All you have to do is find those sources to support your statement. You have been involved with WP long enough (and indeed you have been told often enough just in recent weeks on this particular page) to know that the Five Pillars apply. If you cannot conform to them then you are wasting your time and everyone else's. Of course, you may have time to waste & that is your affair, but others may not. - Sitush (talk) 16:18, 23 October 2011 (UTC) Ignore Situs. He spoils the thread as usual, and has not contributed anything here except for comments like above and some vulgar commentary in past. Ikon No-Blast  16:58, 23 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Academic research is not done to establish whether they are elite or non elite. The scope of the research seems to be the study of non elites only however, scope of this article is wider, so you can't use those sources. Ikon  No-Blast  16:34, 23 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Sigh. Have you read WP:RS and WP:V, ever? Wikipedia is not necessarily "the truth": it is rather statements that are verifiable using reliable sources. We can't just have a free-for-all. - Sitush (talk) 16:53, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I have both read and quoted it to you. I am glad you are learning it now. Now you are not applying "context" here. But why you are stalking other cites. Ikon  No-Blast  17:01, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, let's drop this conversation. I have not got a clue what you are talking about in your last message above and the one preceding (telling people to ignore me) that makes it clear that you have no intention of providing sources & no desire to see others provide them. Consequently, your statement about the zamindar stuff has just been another waste of time. Should I come across something then, sure, I will assess it but until then this is just pointless. I'll look into making a formal report for WP:TE, since you have had sufficient warnings about this sort of behaviour. - Sitush (talk) 17:23, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * We were discussing the inclusion/non-inclusion of a term in lead only. Let us not forget that, and w.r.t that I have not said anything unnecessary. About things in the past it would be useless, because I haven't violated WP:TE, you surely have with regard to various valid citations, like Rao's. Ikon  No-Blast  17:34, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The lead only? News to me, especially since the lead should summarise the article. But in any event, have you read WP:LEAD? In particular, "Significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article." I agree that context is important but we cannot include unverifiable context, nor original research, nor synthesis ... and primary sources are not a great idea either. So, you have to source it properly - given the current shape of the article I am sure that you can agree that your statement above re: zamindars etc qualifies as "significant information". OTOH, if you do not think that it qualifies as being significant then there is no need for it to be in the article anywhere.
 * This is my last comment on this subject: despite being here a while, you are so far away from understanding how this project operates that I wonder whether you actually take on board the explanations that others give. It certainly doesn't seem that you do and this might explain why you keep raising the same invalid points time and again - that is TE & that is what you were warned about. - Sitush (talk) 17:44, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Jimbo shouldn't edit any of the article himself Or he should write entire wikipedia himself. Ikon  No-Blast  18:01, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

-- refer "I give up. It is clear that neither of you have read the article thoroughly. There are plenty of citations supporting the non-elite (call is "shudra" if you want) status across the various constituent groups that form the modern Yadav community." by sutish.

-> Since when did caste come to be decided from the living conditions of the relevant modern community in question? If you live in India, you should know that caste and its associated tags are derived from ancient times, over generations. Caste is not a modern phenomenon and so called modern society has limited rights in claiming correctness of their account in their own right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.115.37 (talk) 08:26, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Yadav - Kshatriya or Sudra
Please refer to these links from wikipedia itself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandravanshi

I quote : 1) "In Hindu scriptures, the Lunar Dynasty (चंद्रवंशी, सोमवंशी, Somvansh, Chandravansh) is one of the three principal houses of the Kshatriya varna, or warrior–ruling caste" 2) "Within these family trees sub-branches such as Bharatvansh, YaduvanshItalic text, Puruvansh, Kuruvansh, Pandavansh and others emerged, each named after a prominent progenitor of the line." 3) "Of the many branches of the Chandravansh line that has been briefly enumerated, the Yaduvanshi lineage is a major branch. This branch is an offshoot of the Bharatvansh which started with the eldest son of Yayati, Yadu. All his descendants are known as Yadavas of Yaduvansh, meaning descendants of Yadu. Another son of Yayati, Puru started the Puruvansh who were the progenitors of the Kuru and Pandava line of Chandravanshi line of Kshatriyas. Based on the writings of Puranas, the Itihaasa Mahabharata and the Raghuvamsa, Lord Krishna was born into the Yadava branch and is considered an ancestor by Yadav Kshatriyas. During the Mahabharat, Chandravansh was only associated with Yadavas and Shoorsainis."

I am exasperated that this is the only article (in otherwise very qualitative and consistent Wikipedia articles) that has been more dynamic and extreme in representation than articles concerning current affairs itself! Yadavs regularly in these pages are branded anything from Kshatriya to Sudra at irregular intervals.

I wonder how any other caste in the country can claim an authoritative "claim" over kshatriya lineage than the yadavs themselves. No wonder, the claimant castes to Kshatriyahood do not want a bona fide contending caste to this status of the elite club of kshatriyahood! I dont know of any brahmin or kshatriya community in any village of India where the relevant family doesnt hold cattle or depend on agriculture for a respectful sustenance.

To those who are willing to understand, I am providing these links concerning Mahabharat {if they are ready to believe the Mahabharat and consequently, Hindus' most sacred text, the Bhagwad Geeta, that is):

/*http://www.s uite101.com/lesson.cfm/18770/2183/3*/ http://www.mahabharataonline.com/articles/mahabharata_article.php?id=32

To those willing to do a little research over the lineage of Yadavs, it will reveal to them that the progenitor of the Yadav clan, King Yadu was born of a Kshatriya King and Brahmin's daughter.

And finally, in modern society there can be no Brahmin or Kshatriya or Sudra in the purest sense. Today, Brahmins are brahmins because they believe in being so. There are yadavs who know that they are kshtriyas similarly there are other yadavs who believe Italic text they are sudras as they happened to read such demeaning and biased but pseudo-intellectual articles that is posted here right now.

Warm Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.72.9 (talk) 21:40, 6 November 2011 (UTC)


 * We never rely on the content of other Wikipedia articles. Your point about Yaduvansh has been discussed extensively on this talk page. I have no more faith in the Mahabarata than I do in the Bible or the Talmud, for example. That is not meant in an offensive manner, but we simply cannot rely on thousand year old primary sources such as this, especially when we know for sure that India's own populace did not do a good job of recording their history until very recent times. We need reliable secondary sources and suite101.com looks dubious on that score. Finally, we have reliable, modern secondary sources that do stipulate the cattle connection and the non-elite (sometimes even shudra) status. Even if someone were to find a reliable source saying otherwise, the sheer number that state the view already shown in the article means that what we would do is show both positions, not replace the current statements with one for the kshatriya status. - Sitush (talk) 21:55, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

--- Notwithstanding your argument that "we have reliable, modern secondary sources that do stipulate the cattle connection and the non-elite (sometimes even shudra) status." ; it is also not difficult to relate "modern" books that advocate a "high" kshatriya status for yadavs. What to term as "reliable" and what "unreliable" rests almost entirely with the author of any article.

And then to "We never rely on the content of other Wikipedia articles" - either: 1) those 'other' articles should be deleted / edited for lack of corroborative, "reliable" evidence 2) their point of view should be included in this page with the same referring evidence that formed the basis of publishing of those other wiki articles elsewhere 3) delete both the contradicting versions and stick to a factual, passing reference of what is established truth today - that " Yadavs are a community/ caste primarily residing in India, Nepal - categorised into Other Backward Castes as per relevant provisions of the Indian Constitution - without any reference to varna that they should categorised into.

Only implementation of one of abobe listed steps shall satisfy demands of logic that is unbiased.

The archive of this page two years ago can be compared to what is reflected now. It will easily show how vulnerable Wikipedia in itself is to bias and is a befitting case that undermines its procedures and policies that make wikipedia itself and subsequently its authors and editors unreliable.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.115.37 (talk) 08:11, 7 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I am sorry but we have had a lot of people turning up here saying that there are plenty of modern source for the kshatriya status ... but so far I cannot recall any of the few examples actually given being both reliable and unambiguous. I repeat also: even if such sources were found, the non-elite viewpoint would continue to have a place in this article.
 * The English language Wikipedia is rapidly approaching the 4 million article milestone. Nobody can keep an eye on such a vast quantity but everyone is encouraged to be bold. If you think that an article is incorrect then feel free to fix it, provided that you comply with the community's guidelines. The Five Pillars is a good place to begin reading up on those, but plenty of people will also assist you.
 * We do not whitewash. Wikipedia is not censored and therefore it would be wrong to remove points which are clearly significant and discussed in numerous reliable sources.
 * I haven't looked at the state of the article as it was two years ago. I can assure you that its state earlier this year was abysmal. I was one of those who stepped in to fix it. - Sitush (talk) 11:23, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The article was indeed in an abysmal state before Sitush and others stepped in. Let me suggest very politely to the IP and others&mdash;who turn up here from time to time to reclaim the golden age that never was&mdash;that unless you have watertight sources you are wasting your time.  More importantly, you are wasting Sitush's time.
 * Notwithstanding Wikipedia's egalitarian affirmations, he matters more than you do simply because he creates more valuable content. His wasted time is a greater loss than your wasted time.  Ironically, by repeatedly carping on the same themes, claiming status without responsibility, offering nothing new, showing little objectivity, and even less rigor, you are creating a vast divide between yourself and the proud hard working Ahirs, Gwalas, and Yadavs, who built much of India's pastoral, husbandry, dairy economy, and whom this article is about.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  13:10, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

@Sitush & Fowler. While Sitush did show some listening traits, mr F&f seems simply incorrigible in all arrogance. Well, if not now, then sometime later this article will be set right - by more better, right thinking people, who would be more dedicated and not casual part timers. Also, I believe that this article is now at its abysmal worst. Your predecessors certainly did a lot better job. So there's nothing to be proud of, after all. As far as wastage of time is concerned, do factor in the five minutes wasted for each of the thousands of visitors to this page who are treated to a distorted picture of facts. And that amounts to millions of man-minutes. And that to you, is insignificant, at best. - Best Wishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.77.131 (talk) 18:23, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If you don't like Wikiepdia's rules--requiring reliable sources for claims, and requiring that all significant viewpoints be listed in articles, you are more than welcome to either 1) try to change those rules (though, a warning, they're two of our most core values), or 2) write your work somewhere else, be that on another website, in a scholarly journal, or in your own book. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:27, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Sanskritisation section
This section starts with Jafferlot narrative. However, jafferlot himself starts with MSA Rao's models of sanskrisation and contrasts yadav movement with Ezhava and Nairs. MSA Rao says Yadava movement of north has little in common with Nair and Ezhava, because Nair and Ezhava were below the pollution line in caste hierarchy whereas Ahir and Gollas were above it. Jafferlot tries to show that they still share something in common, and goes on to narrate the Arya Samaj association, creation of history ... Jafferlot has only one point to prove to MSA Rao that something in common exists and so both may not be treated as separate model. since, jafferlot himself starts with Rao's models let us too do the same here. Ikon No-Blast  20:37, 28 October 2011 (UTC)


 * You have lost me, sorry. It seems that you agree with the content being present in the article but not the ordering of it in the section. Would that be a correct reading of your post? If so, please could you explain why rearranging the order is a significant matter. - Sitush (talk) 00:22, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, I meant to say that the section has been dubiously arranged and Jafferlot has been dubiously summarized. He just tries to bring the Yadava case closer to another sanskritisation model of Rao, and hence he stresses various ingredients of the other model. He, in no way disagrees with Rao and even prolific Yadav intellectuals(KC & JNS). He only analyze things in context of the Model. Ikon  No-Blast  05:59, 29 October 2011 (UTC)


 * We cannot put words into Jaffrelot's mouth: unless he says that he agrees with Rao and is trying to fit the Yadav to Rao model etc then we are running the risk of misrepresenting him. Rao is mentioned both by Jaffrelot & in the article, and the article does indeed explain that there are differences between the Nair etc situation and the Yadavs. Somehow, I still think that I am misunderstanding you. Could you perhaps come up with a draft replacement? - Sitush (talk) 11:25, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No need to put words in anybody's mouth. Once Rao is presented, it becomes clear what and why Jaffrelot is saying. The section needs to grow. It should show all the forces and countercurrents. Real Bosses on this topic are Srinivasan and Rao himself and not Jaffrelot. Also, you need to correct the lead where it mentions Yadav intellectuals tried to .... The concept of Ahir as yadava has been developed by, Bhandarkar(Claiming Gwal are Yadava), Ghurye, Pandey.... & later on by Karmakar & Bhati, none of whom are of Yadav caste.
 * You have done the right thing by starting classification section. It should also mention several divisions mentioned by British Census officers, like Yaduvanshi, nandavanshi, Krishnauth,Majhouth etc. Ikon  No-Blast  21:49, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * What have Nandavanshi got to do with those claiming descent from Yadu etc? I'd need some evidence of how they relate to Yadavs, and I am blowed if I am relying on a British census for a definition. A census may have its place if supported by a more modern source but otherwise even the census commissioners warned than people should be aware that they were flawed. I am still trying to get my head round how a community called the Ahirs is connected to the Yadavs but seemingly also connected to Nandavanshi (another mythological theory of origin), despite months of looking at this stuff: there is something wrong with the way our articles are organised but the solution seems not to be to merge them all but rather to identify them properly. Perhaps what we need is a disambig or something at Ahir, which links to articles on the various branches thereof. I really could do with someone pointing me to a source that really gets to grips with this issue, and Rao is not it. - Sitush (talk) 22:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

The article is missing lot of information. A few of them are. 1. Yadavs in rajasthan and haryana are economically and socially very different from yadavs from bihar. 2. MSA Rao clearly states that Rao Nandram belonged to the yaduvanshi category of Ahirs. So even before 19 or 20th century Ahirs considered themselves as yaduvansi ( YADAV ). page 125 of social movements and social transformation. 3. Studies in Tamil literature and history. Page 179. http://books.google.com/books?ei=f7GpTsXoNKH40gGg45ihDg&ct=result&id=MFUtAQAAIAAJ&dq=studies+in+tamil+literature+and+history+headship+ayar&q=headship+ayar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC) V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar is a great scholar. he clearly mentions that the pandya dynasty came out of the cowherds ( Ayar which is Ahir ). Please use this to edit the article. should also be given due weightage. ( I found this in discussion page only ). Please read link below http://ifile.it/ehkncuw

http://ifile.it/ehkncuw/page%20178%20and%20179.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)


 * That scan is quite interesting - the co-relation between cattle, wealth and kingship - but it is of no particular relevance to this article. Thanks for uploading it, though: I've kept a copy. The source does not mention any particular caste, is vague on location and period etc, and does nothing to explain where all the other non-kingly cattle owners came from or went to. It is referring to a 4th century source, itself talking of older times and (if it follows the usual pattern of ancient Indian literature) written to glorify the status of its subject matter. And the writer seems basically to be passing an uncritical commentary: not really discussing the issues raised but just putting them into a context. - Sitush (talk) 15:33, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Bhandarkar
Rao references Bhandarkar (1911) - eg: on page 124 - but I cannot see the name of the book/paper in question. I've tried WorldCat and can find various Bhandarkars who wrote on possibly relevant subject matter around that period, but none for the year itself. Can anyone oblige me with the full title, please? - Sitush (talk) 13:50, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar may give some glimpse of him. When we say Bhandarkar, Sir Bhandarkar or R.G. Bhandarkar, it means only this person. He was contemporary of Weber,Johnson, Bothlik, Roth, Goldstucker and many other excellent personalities of his time. He is often quoted the way Rao quotes, because his papers are compiled in numerous volumes which can be accessed easily, year wise only. Ikon  No-Blast  19:04, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I need the title of the work. It will be in Rao's book, in the bibliography at the end of a chapter or at the end of the book. Enough people have mentioned Rao here, so people other than JanetteDoe must surely have access to it (otherwise how did they cite him)? - Sitush (talk) 19:15, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll request Bhandarkar's collected works, so when I or someone else gets a copy of Rao I'll hopefully be able to review the citation immediately. JanetteDoe (talk) 16:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Rao's Social Dominance bibliography:

Bhandarkar(1911) refers to "Foreign Elements in the Hindu Population", published in "The Indian Antiquary", which fortunately my library has:. JanetteDoe (talk) 00:57, 6 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Great. Thanks again for the digging up of source material. Looks like I am in for a busy weekend of Yadav-related reading/re-reading. - Sitush (talk) 13:46, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Frankel and Rao: Dominance
Can anyone get hold of a few pages around p. 31 of the Frankel & Rao book cited: Frankel, Francine R.; Rao, M. S. A. (1989). Dominance and state power in modern India: Decline of a social order. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780195620986.(Rao had died & IIRC Frankel wrote it from his notes).

Ikonoblast, you added it & so perhaps you could assist? - Sitush (talk) 21:23, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I was at the library today and for some reason they had two copies of volume 2 and none of volume 1. Volume 2, p31 did not discuss Yadavs at all, but there were some pages on Yadavs in vol 2, which I scanned: .  JanetteDoe (talk) 03:31, 31 October 2011 (UTC)


 * That could be handy, thanks. Volume 1 appears to be the cited tome but the original cite was a bit screwed up. Did you actually see the book, Ikonoblast, or has the citation etc been lifted from another article? - Sitush (talk) 09:53, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Actual sentence is - "In Punjab and Haryana villages, the brhamanas, though ritually superior to other castes, were small owner cultivators or tenant cultivators. They were politically subservient to ahir, jat and rajput castes." The author compares the cases in south and north of India, and feels there was no correlation between ritualistic superiority and social dominance in north but in south ritual superiority meant social dominance too. Given the context of the article I feel I was right in doing what I did. Ikon  No-Blast  16:25, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd rather see more of it - quotes are easily taken out of context. In any event, the quote that you have supplied does not support the statement that you made. You have distorted the quotation. We'll need to amend the statement (and the citation, since the format is now screwed up). - Sitush (talk) 16:33, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I made the statement in context of Yadav caste, and left others. I don't think I did any blunder there. I know, Jannet Doe can catch me any time. Ikon  No-Blast  16:39, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, but that slightly "promotes" the position of the Ahirs because it could be inferred (by people with some background knowledge, at least) that only the Ahirs were in that position. It is also the case that it applied to Ahirs, not Yadavs generally - you could make that more clear. As for being "caught out", well, that is not the intention of anyone. However, you are not addressing the point of whether you have access to the book: if you do then you can probably save JanetteDoe some work by providing a few pages; if you do not then you really should not have included the statement because presumably it came from a snippet view or from another article. Context is very, very important and this is especially the case with Rao because his writing style is abysmal. - Sitush (talk) 16:46, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Frankel & Rao  JanetteDoe (talk) 00:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * JanetteDoe, I appreciate your finding and uploading the Rao articles. However, this can easily become an endless discussion.  For some other Yadav-apologist will soon come along and find an even more obscure source than Rao, and then you&mdash;conscientious and rigorous to a degree that the Yadav apologists are not and have no intention, aware or unaware, of being&mdash;will go scurrying again for the article.  After that we all will try to interpret it, weighing the pros and cons, again to a degree the apologists will not, for they will be busy looking for the next roadblock to toss in our path.


 * I think we can't make the determination of whether Rao applies here or not, at least not yet. Let the secondary sources do that.  We need to rely on recent scholarship, especially that in textbooks, published by academic presses and vetted both before and after publication by reviewers from a wide range of scholarly and journalistic backgrounds.  Two such books, by Susan Bayly and Christophe Jaffrelot, both widely used in universities around the world, both reviewed extensively in the literature, are being used in the article.  Let the article writing (or rewriting) proceed based on these (or similar) books.  Once the article has been fleshed out, we can come back to the issue of Rao.  Otherwise, nothing will get done, and those of us, who've taken time out from our other Wikipedia (not to speak RL) pursuits to attend to the article, will slowly walk away, out of touch and out of sympathy.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Review of Bayly's book in the American Historical Review
 * Review of Bayly's book by Judith Brown, Oxford University
 * Review of Bayly's book by Peter Robb, University of London
 * Here are three reviews from journals, which require subscription, but whose first pages will give an idea of the reception of Bayly's book. The time stamps below and above will show how long it took me to locate the reviews on the web (without using jstor etc), to read them, and to write the few lines here.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  13:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If only it were so simple. Jaffrelot has already inspired quite a bit of debate and discussion, as seen in archives 6 and 7 of this talk page.  Either there is a complaint that he is used too much, or an argument as to what he means, or it is pointed out that he bases his arguments on Rao, at which point Rao's work is dragged in for evidence.  I am sorry to say that you yourself have expressed doubts about Jaffrelot: .  I do appreciate your efforts to simplify sourcing and move current discussion forward.  JanetteDoe (talk) 13:43, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I did write that didn't I. :)  I had to laugh.  I had forgotten.  It's true I haven't used him that much, in part because, he writes about post-1947 events, which is not my real interest.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  13:49, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The book by Frankel and rao is still part of MA(Sociology), in most of the Universities of India, that I know. Regarding sanskritization part, I still feel Jaffrelot has been given undue favor. It has been presented a if he has done major contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon, even though the reality is that he has very little to offer us. His observations are clearly flawed because to bring the case closer to other communities he cites some odd incidents of violence, which were rather rare, and sacred thread was already worn by richer landlords of the community. Rao's work gives much clearer picture. He tells us the situation was rather of cold war kind, where Rajputs used to instigate brahmanas to escalate new questions. he cites when their abhira lineage was settled they escalated whether Abhira were aryan or not.
 * Infact, muchelutti has not been given due space, though she does offer something extra to the rao's work, clearly saying it is wrong to study Yadvas within sanskritisation framewaork. Ikon  No-Blast  19:15, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed your indenting again, sorry. Whatever you may think of Rao, the one thing that cannot be claimed is that he presents "a much clearer picture". At least in the book of his from which I have seen abstracts, courtesy of JanetteDoe, his is one of the most unintelligible bits of writing that I've ever come across from a recognised social scientist. Perhaps Frankel made a better fist of things when she reworked his notes for the posthumous book, but I haven't seen that one. Michelutti's "yadavisation" is mentioned already in the article - have you read that bit? - Sitush (talk) 19:28, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Link to Frankel scan is above. JanetteDoe (talk) 19:58, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * @Sitush As per G. S. Ghurye's evaluation of Rao- "the most unassuming and gentle and one of the most deserving of my students." The other student of Ghurye was Srinivasan, who requires no introduction. can you share someone else's view that matches your own on Rao. Ikon  No-Blast  16:42, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * JanetteDoe, my apologies. I saw that scan but assumed that it was not the one being referred to by others here. I read it at the time and have now re-read it. I remain baffled. The style of writing is vastly improved, perhaps because it is a posthumous work, but on some very basic points that have been raised here time and again, it still seems to miss the mark. An example is the second sentence in the scan, which is indeed just about the only reference to Yadav in the thing.
 * That sentence says "They were followed by the Vakataks, Abhirs, Chalukyas and Yadavs, each with a different part of the Marathi region as its core and an empire extending over substantial parts of Maharashtra." Fine, except that plenty of people have turned up here to say that the Yadavs and Abhirs are the same thing, whether you take "Abhirs" to mean "Abhiras" or "Ahir" - which is itself a matter of considerable dispute. There is also a suggestion that the dynasty ran out, which is precisely the point that Jaffrelot & countless others have made: there was a reworking of history in more modern times in order to claim a connection. This is discussed in the article. Just that one sentence above that I quote from Rao indicates how much his position is a house of cards and, when in doubt, we should avoid such constructions.
 * Ikonoblast, I really do not care less what Ghurye or indeed anyone else thought of Rao generally, and I do not dispute his credentials as a scholar. My point is that he seems to be mostly incomprehensible with regard to the issues that have been raised on this talk page. In such situations, we cannot read into his writing that which we prefer to believe - it is (oddly) almost a WP:PRIMARY situation. This is a classic example of why citing someone who refers to Rao in a relevant context makes sense ... and Jaffrelot is one of those who does. I am pretty sure that someone else has also remarked on the interpretative problems of using Rao in this present context. - Sitush (talk) 01:11, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Now I highly doubt You have read any of the Shots uploaded by jannetdoe. I don't know if the page seems same to both or you are accessing it on blackberry or some other device which does not load it properly. I don't find any problem with rao's cite. He means what he says. The ambiguity does exist with Jaffrelot though and should be used with caution. Regarding Rao's credentials, it really doesn't matter what you or some others think of him on wikipedia, and that is why I asked you to get something from outside that supports your claim. It looks like you have violated WP:TE, on Rao issue again again again and may be up for Topic ban or something like that. Ikon  No-Blast  06:13, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Either propose that topic ban at ANI or drop it. I am utterly confused with "that is why I asked you to get something from outside that supports your claim". Can you possibly point me to the diff because it might make more sense in context. - Sitush (talk) 13:45, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

The howevers ...
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a journal article where one provides all the "howevers," no matter how inconsequential. An assessment needs to be made of the scholarly consensus, and in the case of lack of such consensus, the notable controversy needs to be pointed out. Of the Ahirs or Jats traditional non-elite status there is no controversy. Major political leaders such as Charan Singh made their careers by championing the common peasant, the kisan. Adding some little quote from the book by Fraenkel and Rao doesn't change the consensus, especially because the political weakness of the Brahmins had nothing to do with tradition. It was simply a matter of numbers. Here is Christopher Bayly: "This was a society where Brahmins were few and male Jats married into the whole range of lower agricultural and entrepreneurial castes. A kind of tribal nationalism animated them rather than a nice calculation of caste differences expressed within the context of Brahminical Hindu state." This, even more so, applies to the Ahirs. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  19:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * We shouldn't include all "howevers", but WP:NPOV requires that we include all relevant howevers, just taking care not to give them undue weight. We need to be very careful when we say "X is not an important opinion" without good evidence. Said evidence could either being someone else respected saying "Nobody credible thinks X (anymore)", or it could simply be that we have a dozen sources instead say opposite opinion "Y". Qwyrxian (talk) 02:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * This is why I have been asking Ikonoblast (in a thread not too far above) if they can provide some context for the quotation that F&f removed just before posting at the head of this thread. If Rao et al are just referring to, say, half a dozen villages and at a very specific time then it really has no weight whatsoever. On the other hand, if they were referring, say, to what is now the entire Haryana area then it has some weight, if we can fix the other issues that I noted. I was not aware of the demographic point that Fowler&Fowler raised but I am getting concerned that Ikonoblast may really have just picked something up from somewhere because - as has happened in the recent past - requests for further info are generally being ignored (although I admit that the quote was inserted) without seeing the entire context. - Sitush (talk) 02:22, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You guys really want me to inundate you with citations to the Yadav's non-elite status. "Non-elite," btw, as you might have guessed is a modern anthropological euphemism.  The terms usually used for them are a lot worse.  One person found one quote after three months of searches and we are supposed to bend over backwards to accommodate them.  Should we hold off altogether, for who knows what other similar evidence might be uncovered in states unborn and accents yet unknown?  Perhaps come back in two thousand years.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  14:45, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You do not need to inundate on my behalf - I know the sort of scale & that is one reason why I have been querying for more info regarding this particular statement. . Until we get that info it is better for us to err on the side of caution in the article & not present a contrary view of dubious merit. Please can we keep the discussion here, and please - everybody - can we keep it civil. There are already far too many attacks in just this one thread. - Sitush (talk) 17:38, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Lot of people seems to be letting out their frustration on yadav, jat ,nair castes , indians. please guys especially fowler&fowler take care of yourself. fowler&fowler seems frustrated and unhappy a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 15:00, 2 November 2011 (UTC)


 * No offense meant here but but the recent comments show that user fowler&fowler definitely needs medical help.Poor guy, I feel very bad for you.Hope you get sane soon.Qwyrxian and other moderators, will you please intervene here before things get worse.212.117.169.122 (talk) 15:33, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Actually all the indian castes have been put in negative terms left and right. especially Nair caste. nairs are very powerfull and wealthy but they have been shown as bunch of tribal people ( especially the photo in nair article ). Jats are also powerfull and wealthy and jats have been shown as bunch of agricultural workers. Even rajputs agree that jats and rajputs are one and the same race. article yadav is messed up too. everything indian is being put in negative terms. some one needs to edit with neutral frame of mind but question is who is that person. user Ikon ( no blast ) and Qwyrxian is doing a good job.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 16:27, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * To make things very clear, i don't own any of the books I quote. However, I do have connections, I mean students of Delhi university, who are my friend and who had studied with me in school days, who do let me have hands on them. I have never studied History or Sociology as part of my curriculum. Though I have experience in writing product marketing dissertations, and i feel approach is more or less the same.
 * Brahmanas are nowhere in minority in entire India. They are second single largest community in India and comes after Chamars and not Yadavas, who are actually third, and has been misreported as largest group by many sources. Michuletti has written about this false presumption. Brahmanas position in Punjab and Haryana had always been low profile. They are thinly populated in Punjab but are in very good number in Haryana.
 * "According to the caste size estimates of the National Election Study (NES) 1999 conducted by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, the Yadav caste is the third largest in India, after Chamars and Brahmans." Page no- 51/Lucia Muchelutti, Caste in question, identity or hierarchy, edited by Dipankar Gupta Ikon No-Blast  19:02, 9 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I've fixed your indenting & hope that you do not mind. It would seem that you must have had access to a copy of Rao recently. Could you ask that particular friend if they could pass on to you (or even upload somewhere) the relevant sections? - Sitush (talk) 19:10, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Using a study of one locality of one town
We have a citation that is a study of one locality in one town by Michelutti - " I tackle this contrast by using the political ethnography of one of the most visible and assertive caste formations in North India (the Yadavs) and by showing how muscular political styles enter the everyday life of a neighbourhood in the town of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Fieldwork has been conducted between 1998 and 2000 and in 2001". This source has been rejected before precisely because it does only cover one locality, but it has reappeared. Can we use it to make a fairly sweeping statement, viz. "Tilak Gupta said that this view persisted in modern times in Bihar, where the Yadav were viewed in highly negative terms by other groups.[26]. However, Michelutti observed, these very same people acknowledge and coveted their political influence, connections and abilities.[27]"

Minor points are:
 * that it is not "the very same people" because Gupta was referencing Bihar and Michelutti's locality is in Uttar Pradesh
 * if it stays then it would be better done as an inline quotation of some sort because there is a little bit of copyvio going on. - Sitush (talk) 09:34, 2 November 2011 (UTC)


 * OK, I am bumping this. It is a good few days since I raised the issue. I am in no particular hurry to remove the citation but it does need some sort of discussion because of WP:UNDUE etc. We have a time-related issue coming up shortly - the WikiConference in India - & need to make allowances for those who may be indisposed as a consequence, but I feel that subsequently this citation may well be "fair game" for removal. It seems to be pretty clear-cut to me, but I am prepared to be persuaded. - Sitush (talk) 00:57, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * The Comment actually starts with Russels "uncouth" remark, which you have circumcised in your comment. He does not tell us whether it was for UP, Bihar or for everyone. Similarly, Whether in Bihar or in UP, these people are treated same. however, if users feel we may include Mathura in Michelutti's comments, we may do so, but I still feel it is just fine in the present state. Ikon  No-Blast  06:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * also Very same may not mean identical ppl., because while researching you never get the chance to observe the same person again and again and ir does not matter actually in any kind of research, even in biological, to make conclusions about a species using different samples and summing up the result of the two provided each sample contains same species. Applies here too. Ikon  No-Blast  06:55, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Russell is quite clearly referring more generally than is Michelutti. Your comments that "Whter in Bihar or in UP, these people are treated the same" is both original research and missing the point: Michelutti is not even talking of Bihar or UP, but of one locality in one town. It is a ridiculously small sample in the context of this article. - Sitush (talk) 13:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Political Involvement
I am proposing to change the section name of Post Independence section to Involvement in politics, because sooner or later it is going to be that only. Ikon No-Blast  11:24, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Why do you think that it is going to be politics only? Is there nothing else that can be said about the modern day Yadav? - Sitush (talk) 13:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Politics is an important part of their identity, as reported by several sources. So, we should give it due weight. Other things can wait. Ikon  No-Blast  13:47, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, that's a fair point. I understand now. I'd still like to see more on the general post-independence/present day Yadav, of which "Politics" might be a subsection. Surely there is more to being a Yadav than just the political angle, albeit I recognise that as being a very high-profile aspect because of Laloo etc. - Sitush (talk) 14:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

My recent reverts
I have now twice reverted "According to Lucia Michelutti:"...Yadavs constantly trace their caste predispositions and skills to descent, and in doing so they affirm their distinctiveness as a caste. For them, caste is not just appellation but quality of blood (Yalman 1969: 87, in Gupta 2000: 82). This view is not recent. The Ahirs (today Yadavs) had a lineage view of caste (Fox 1971; Unnithan-Kumar 1997) that was based on a strong ideological model of descent. This descent-based kinship structure was also linked to a specific Kshatriya and their religious tradition centred on Krishna mythology and pastoral warrior hero-god cults."" and in my second revert of that also reverted another passage added by Ikonoblast.

There are several reasons: 1. what's with the weird hieroglyphics? 2. why are we quoting the footnotes of the source? 3. we are pretty much repeating what has already been said, but in convoluted terms. 4. it is lazy writing - quotations have their place but what is happening here amounts to quotation "dumping", IMO. Ikonoblast has been doing this for a while: try using your own words sometimes, otherwise articles will become merely a series of disconnected quotes. 5. without some sort of preamble, it is possible that the quotes have been taken out of context

I will certainly look at the info provided over the weekend & see if it can be worked into the article in a manner that flows better. I think that I was able to see Michelutti a few weeks ago but, just in case, Ikonoblast, is there any chance of you providing the sources? - Sitush (talk) 13:37, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Additions were in conformity with the already laid structure and there was no attempt to alter that. Flow may surely be the concern but that can be taken care of w/o removals. Also, alleging me of writing from footnotes is violation of WP:AGF. I am not writing from footnote and no even flooding quotations. I am using them only when relevant. Ikon  No-Blast  13:44, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I see Sitush may have some valid point. If you mean inline attribution to original contributors is weird heiroglyphic, we can think about it. But, if they don't consider it weird in hard copies why sd we here??? Ikon  No-Blast  14:01, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sitush has not accused you of any bad faith -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I generally don't have issues with him. In fact of several editors I like him more. But, he is a bit agressive which he needs to take care of. Ikon  No-Blast  14:15, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * !? You are the one who is warring here, and you are now at three reverts & have made a bad call about vandalism in an edit summary. Please, self-revert & let's discuss it over the weekend. When I say that I will read something, I mean it. - Sitush (talk) 15:18, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sitush you may edit my contributions but revert seems illogical. however, if you like you may rv yourself. Fowler could have addressed here before rv, but he didn't. You have only 2rv I have 3 and fowler has one & we all know the equation. Ikon  No-Blast  15:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You can self-revert. You mention on your talk page that you do not have WP:Twinkle but you do not need that - just go in there and cut out what you have done. Or install Twinkle. Or perhaps ask an uninvolved admin to do the necessary - Boing said Zebedee is an admin & has commented above in an uninvolved capacity. Self-reverting is a clear signal of good faith & deducts from your revert count. - Sitush (talk) 15:46, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You can ask for self rv in cases where I am in clear cut violation of some policy. I don't think I should. i have taken pain to add those stuffs, so I see no reason why I sd kill them, which are all very well cited. Ikon  No-Blast  15:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It is not a policy, but WP:BRD seems applicable, and I have real doubts about the validity of the content. Some of this is, unfortunately, because of a tendency for cherry-picking sources and quotes in this article. Hence my intention to re-read. I know that you sometimes have issues with English comprehension (not as many as I have with comprehending any of the Indian languages), and this is another cause for concern. It is not your fault, and your digging around for info is just fine, but time and again it has been demonstrated that you cannot appreciate the subtleties. For that reason, someone else does need to review: this is for the sake of the article, not as a criticism of you. - Sitush (talk) 16:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Dipankar Gupta is an Indian, unnitham Kumar is an Indian, Yogendra Yadav too is an Indian, and i know your profeciency in understanding the subtleties of Indian English, as you have shown in the case of Rao. so, I have serious objection regarding You reviewing the sources. if you can involve an Indian wikipedian then It would be fine, but you reviewing an Indian scholar seems odd to me now. Ikon  No-Blast  16:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If they are not clear then we will not use them. Period. - Sitush (talk) 19:20, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * See, being clear does not mean it should be clear to you only. There are so many other users too. They are proficient in Indian English too. We have Mongo Wong, Zuggernaut, Nikkul, Utcursch. Let them all have a look. You have shown tremendous degree of bias against Indian scholars and so you may not get the privilege, we used to give you earlier. I am too busy on this weekend and may not be available for few days now. So, if you can just give a call to all of them. I will surely pay you back in some way in future. Ikon  No-Blast  19:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Request for rv should come from others too, not just Sitush & other related ppl. I won't be active tomorrow and may be even day after. So, anybody may rv, if they think the concerns given by sitush are genuine. I am not much convinced with his logic. The lead of the article itself contain a lot of out of context and useless stuffs. Some of them even fails verification. But, this guy is OK with it. So, I have valid reasons to doubt his intentions. Ikon  No-Blast  20:17, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Someone else did back me, and you reverted them also. If you have issues with the lead (and in particular with verification of stuff within it) then please can you start a new section for that. I would be surprised if anything is untoward but feel free to list those points. - Sitush (talk) 20:45, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you mean Fowler&Fowler. But hey are we so...??? It just requires two eyes to see what he does. If you missed Jannetdoe's shots, despite being prompted by him repeteadly, then it is surely more convinient to ignore the stuffs there. One of his citation which is under Burqa Preview, reads "Ahirs claimed .... Rajput origin of highly dubious...". We all have gone thru several citations, did you ever come across such a claim by any author, and what qualifies it as a good source. Ikon  No-Blast  21:08, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't understand a fair bit of your last post but it seems at least partially to relate to the lead. As I said before, please could you start a new section for that. I'll try to figure out the "Jannetdoes's shots" etc stuff later - trying to sort out some new articles here. - Sitush (talk) 21:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Just try to relate the lead with cites, you will understand the game there. For now, Good Nite, rather it is almost 3 here. Bye for few days. Ikon  No-Blast  21:24, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

We have been through this before. As on past occasions, I am not prepared to read your mind - it is one of many things at which I am useless. When you return, start a new section and list those points of contention. - Sitush (talk) 21:29, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I got it. the weird hieroglyphs are visible only in some system. Maybe due to some bug in my MS Word, which might have recorded some key stroke as them or because of changing platforms between windows and linux, word and openoffice, got them there. Someone asked me to have a look on a different system and only then I could notice it. Anyway, if it is a major concern then I am rv it, however, I will reintroduce them after clean drafting. Ikon  No-Blast  09:51, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Sources:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav
Please don't copy other Wikipedia articles here. What did you want us to do with that, anyway? We wouldn't copy all of that into this article; we could, conceivably include a single sentence with a link; let us know where you want it to go. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:41, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Can you add this as well ,Sources:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshatriya
Yadav is descended from the Yadu; Saini is descended from Shini and Shoorsen both of whom were Yaduvanshi kings, Paurav is descended from the Puru.

Kshatriya lineage

Chandravanshi Main article: Chandravanshi The Chandravanshi or Lunar dynasty lineage claims descent from Chandra. Chandravanshis also claim descent from Yadu, who was himself born into a Chandravanshi dynasty.[20] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.99.199.177 (talk) 10:58, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Please take a look at the many many pages of discussion on this issue (the quick summary is, no one has provided reliable sources to demonstrate this). Note: Wikipedia articles are never reliable sources per WP:RS. Thanks. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:50, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Rao Tula Ram (A great freedom fighter and Yadav King)
Rao Tula Ram (Hindi: राव तुला राम) (c. 9 December 1825–1863) was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.[1] He is credited with having "obliterated every vestige"[citation needed] of the British rule from the region that today is southwest Haryana during the Rebellion, and also helping rebel forces fighting in the historic city of Delhi with men, money and material. Noted as a good administrator and military commander, after the 1857 uprising ended, he left India, met rulers of Iran and Afghanistan and also established contacts with the Tsar of Russia, to seek their help to fight a war to free India from the British.[citation needed] His plans were cut short by his death from dysentery in Kabul on September 23, 1863, at the age of 38.[2]

Rao Tula Ram was born on 9 December 1825 in a noble Rao Bahadur Nirpur[clarification needed] Yadav family of Rao Bhadur Garhi-Bolni in the village of Rampura (Rewari).[citation needed] His father was Puran Singh, his grandfather Rao Tej Singh and his mother's name was Gyan Kanwar, daughter of Rao Zahari Singh, a local jagirdar.[3] Rao Tula Ram's Istemraree estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister Singh, who was made zaildar.[4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.98.221.160 (talk) 17:12, 12 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Sources, please. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:35, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Dear Qwyrxian Here is the source http://books.google.co.in/books?id=FP_MWtoPIcoC&lpg=PA69&dq=rao%20tula%20ram%20king&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=rao%20tula%20ram%20king&f=false Page 69 last paragraph Dr Mayaram is an outstanding sociologist associated with Delhi School of Economics and having original subaltern perspective. http://www.csds.in/faculty_shail_mayaram.htm.Please incorporate this in the article.I'll produce other proofs of yadava kings.There is no conflict on the seuna yadavas of devagiri who ruled the daulatabad region. The frequent editors(i wont name them) should understand that they are writing article on a group which is very heterogeneous in nature(correctly terming it as an umbrella group) but the group involves traditionally elite as well as non-elite groups.The opening sentence should be corrected immediately(by removing non-elite) to preserve the representative(of all the groups under umbrella) nature of article.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cultcontri (talk • contribs) 16:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm butting in here just to let you know that I cannot see any of that source at GBooks, not even in snippet view. Even if I could, and it supported your points etc, I still would not change the opening sentence based on this. To do so would be original research, since we have sources specifically saying that they are seen as being non-elite etc. Sure, we should show all sides but one source against many is not going to sway things much because of the considerations of WP:WEIGHT: we have to try to keep things in proportion. To be honest, I am not even sure how this could ever be otherwise as it seems to me that the vast majority were not kings/princes/whatever and in fact almost by definition that has to be the case, otherwise the Yadav community would surely be very small whereas in fact it is huge.


 * I am not holding you to this, so feel free to make educated guesses: how many ruling houses etc are we talking about here? What was the average area that they ruled over? Indeed, who did they rule over? How large were their armies? What proportion of their armies comprised Yadav soldiers? What did the rest of the Yadavs do, ie: those who were not soldiering? What did they do when they were too old to fight?


 * I'll give you a example of why this weight issue matters. If someone asks you how many legs does a human being have and how many does a cat have, I'd bet that you would say 2 and 4. But, of course, those figures are not always correct: birth defects, accidents/disease etc. It is the same with elite/non-elite. - Sitush (talk) 17:08, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

how bout adding some genuine pictures...
i was wondering why some one would add such bizarre pics ?????? how about adding some pics of yogendra singh yadav (who won highest gallantry award) and capt umrao singh(VC)....i hope this plead would be taken care of by concerned people...thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.179.222.83 (talk) 14:02, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * They did exist here but were removed, I think because they are not representative of the Yadav community. Also, if I remember correctly, there was no verification that they were in fact Yadavs. Bearing the "Yadav" name is insufficient. - Sitush (talk) 19:02, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

sitush@ buddy yadav is used by yadav caste only.... http://books.google.co.in/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&pg=PA46&dq=yogendra+singh+yadav+an+ahir&hl=en&ei=R03HTpoiwsmsB4qu7asO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=yogendra%20singh%20yadav%20an%20ahir&f=false that proves him of being yadav.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.189.125.149 (talk) 06:56, 19 November 2011 (UTC) and this links proves umrao singh being an ahir(yadav)... http://books.google.co.in/books?id=yXdLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22umrao+singh%22+ahir&dq=%22umrao+singh%22+ahir&hl=en&ei=UyiUTs7fJszirAeo9dW9Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg so please try to add these pics.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.189.125.149 (talk) 07:06, 19 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I see nothing in that (somewhat unreliable) source that confirms his caste origin as being Yadav. I also seem to recall that particular source has actually been determined to be unreliable. Look, I know that it must seem odd but just because someone bears a particular last name does not necessarily mean that they are of a certain caste or community. An example that I often give is that of people whose last name is "Nair". There are thousands of Nairs in Scotland, and elsewhere in the world, who have absolutely no connection to the Nair community of India. Then, on top of all this, you still have not addressed the issue of how these people are representative of the community: it is just piggy-backing glorification, as far as I can see, sorry. - Sitush (talk) 07:08, 19 November 2011 (UTC)


 * You added a second source after I started writing, this one being for Umrao Singh. I cannot see it all but it certainly looks better if you can confirm that he was a Yaduvanshi Ahir. As I understand it, there are other classes of Ahir who do not claim descent from Yadu etc and therefore are not Yadav. - Sitush (talk) 07:11, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

In India only the YADAV community uses YADAV in their last name.Its shows clearly that he does not have any understanding of indian customs, traditions. This is a sad day for wikipedia. WIKIALITY - is what three users as fact without considering actual fact. YADAV name is only used by YADAV community. Its really funny.. wow what an ignorant construction. yadav is a name used only by yadav community and no other caste wants to use yadav name since each one in india is proud of their caste/community/origin. WOW AMAZING, unbeleivable such ignorance.. This is the reason why scholars, professors say not to refer wikipedia when scholarly work ( now i understand )... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. Wikipedia does not go on personal knowledge, or on what you yourself might think obvious - and it does not allow personal synthesis (ie it does not allow us to deduce that a person is a Yadav based on our personal understanding - saying "yadav is a name used only by yadav community and no other caste wants to use yadav name since each one in india is proud of their caste/community/origin" is your own deduction, which cannot be used even if it's correct). What need here is reliable sources, as that's the only thing that can be used to support a claim on Wikipedia (which, after all, is an encyclopedia which aggregates what other sources have published). If you can provide such a reliable source for what you say, then you should be able to add it to the article.


 * Also, I need to caution you against making personal attacks and uncivil comments - if you continue, and you fail to show good faith, you are likely to end up blocked - please have a read of WP:RS, WP:AGF, WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:35, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Funny once again. YADAV as last name is only used by yadav community. thats a fact and there is millions of evidence for it ( which wiki will accept ). It really shows the ignorance.. This is what happens if wikiadmin does nto agree they will block the user.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutradhari2000 (talk • contribs) 15:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * If you do not provide reliable sources, we cannot help you. What if I said, "All Yadav are vegetarians, it's common knowledge, everyone who lives in India knows that."  Would you believe me?  No, you wouldn't.  By the same logic, we need evidence from you in the form of reliable sources, or there is no way to know what is or isn't appropriate for an article. Qwyrxian (talk) 15:47, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I could legally change my name tomorrow to "Humphrey Yadav", but would that make me a Yadav? No, of course it wouldn't, so the assertion that *all* people called "Yadav" are guaranteed to be Yadavs is a logical fallacy. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:51, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * PS: Re "there is millions of evidence for it ( which wiki will accept )" - it should be easy enough for you to provide us with some then, shouldn't it? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:53, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

The problem is no one here understands how names are kept in India. India the land of mystery, the cradle of civilzation is hard to understand my friends. YADAV name is only used by YADAV community. please dont joke guys.

you want proof.. Studies in Indian history: with special reference to Tamil Nādu - Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi Pillay,, Indian history and epigraphy: Dr. G.S. Gai felicitation volume - K. V. Ramesh, S. P. Tewari, M. J. Sarma,, History of Tamilnad: to A.D. 1565 N. Subrahmanian,, A social history of the Tamils, Volume 1 - Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi Pillay,, The Tamils eighteen hundred years ago By V. Kanakasabhai,, Kerala State gazetteer, Volume 2, Part 1,, Social history of India By S. N. Sadasivan,, Studies in Tamil literature and history V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar,, Temples of Kr̥ṣṇa in South India: history, art, and traditions in Tamilnāḍu By T. Padmaja,, MSA Rao has written lot of books. ,, Social movements and social transformation: a study of two backward classes movements in India,, go to a library and read these books. Thats how articles are written. millions and millions of books in library.

http://books.google.com/books?id=F-_eR1isesMC&pg=PA94&dq=t+padmaja+krishna+temples&hl=en&ei=_vmYTtiEGIv8iQKRr7GbDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=mullai&f=false

a visit to a library is all it needs. HALF KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS. well my friends reality is reality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 17:38, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * We have been through this time and again. Not one of the sources that have previously been provided state explicitly that the Yadav name is used solely by members of the Yadav community. Now, are you telling me that you have anything new to add to that? I ask because the list which you provide has pretty much all been covered previously. - Sitush (talk) 17:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * And what about Humphrey Yadav? If I changed my name to that tomorrow and provided a deed poll as evidence, that would conclusively disprove all claims that *all* people called "Yadav" are Yadavs -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:49, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * £33 by deed poll, I believe. A couple called Pugh and Griffin have recently conjoined their names as Puffin. Anyway, I've been arguing this point on at least two other articles & will continue to do so (people called Nair in Scotland, for example, are often not related to Nair). The simple solution is to find some reliable sources 'for each individual whom the contributor(s) believe to be of the Yadav community. - Sitush (talk) 18:16, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

One thing is clear all the users have a clear lack of understanding of the indian castes, customs, traditions, naming. what a ignorance. I can only laugh at the explanation given. YADAV name is only used by YADAV community. its a clear lack of knowledge. I suggest everyone to first understand the traditions and the indian culture. so much ignorance in one place ,, wow amazing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 20:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

last but not least in india the name YADAV is ONLY USED BY YADAV COMMUNITY. the explanation given by other users show their lack of intellectual ability. funny, ,, bunny.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf (talk • contribs) 20:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Singh is commonly associated with Sikhs ... but apparently Yadavs use it also. Regardless, if you do not like the Wikipedia system then you are free to go elsewhere. No-one is forcing you to contribute here. Repeating yourself and SHOUTING is not going to change a thing: you'll have to work with the policies etc, or get them changed by the wider community, or give up this campaign. - Sitush (talk) 21:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Can we close this thread now that the two major contributors who have been debating from a non-policy compliant viewpoint have been confirmed as sockpuppets? - Sitush (talk) 09:24, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Rao Tula Ram (A great freedom fighter and Yadav King)
Rao Tula Ram (Hindi: राव तुला राम) (c. 9 December 1825–1863) was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.[1] He is credited with having "obliterated every vestige"[citation needed] of the British rule from the region that today is southwest Haryana during the Rebellion, and also helping rebel forces fighting in the historic city of Delhi with men, money and material. Noted as a good administrator and military commander, after the 1857 uprising ended, he left India, met rulers of Iran and Afghanistan and also established contacts with the Tsar of Russia, to seek their help to fight a war to free India from the British.[citation needed] His plans were cut short by his death from dysentery in Kabul on September 23, 1863, at the age of 38.[2]

Rao Tula Ram was born on 9 December 1825 in a noble Rao Bahadur Nirpur[clarification needed] Yadav family of Rao Bhadur Garhi-Bolni in the village of Rampura (Rewari).[citation needed] His father was Puran Singh, his grandfather Rao Tej Singh and his mother's name was Gyan Kanwar, daughter of Rao Zahari Singh, a local jagirdar.[3] Rao Tula Ram's Istemraree estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister Singh, who was made zaildar.[4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.98.221.160 (talk) 17:12, 12 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Sources, please. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:35, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Dear Qwyrxian Here is the source http://books.google.co.in/books?id=FP_MWtoPIcoC&lpg=PA69&dq=rao%20tula%20ram%20king&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=rao%20tula%20ram%20king&f=false Page 69 last paragraph Dr Mayaram is an outstanding sociologist associated with Delhi School of Economics and having original subaltern perspective. http://www.csds.in/faculty_shail_mayaram.htm.Please incorporate this in the article.I'll produce other proofs of yadava kings.There is no conflict on the seuna yadavas of devagiri who ruled the daulatabad region. The frequent editors(i wont name them) should understand that they are writing article on a group which is very heterogeneous in nature(correctly terming it as an umbrella group) but the group involves traditionally elite as well as non-elite groups.The opening sentence should be corrected immediately(by removing non-elite) to preserve the representative(of all the groups under umbrella) nature of article.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cultcontri (talk • contribs) 16:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm butting in here just to let you know that I cannot see any of that source at GBooks, not even in snippet view. Even if I could, and it supported your points etc, I still would not change the opening sentence based on this. To do so would be original research, since we have sources specifically saying that they are seen as being non-elite etc. Sure, we should show all sides but one source against many is not going to sway things much because of the considerations of WP:WEIGHT: we have to try to keep things in proportion. To be honest, I am not even sure how this could ever be otherwise as it seems to me that the vast majority were not kings/princes/whatever and in fact almost by definition that has to be the case, otherwise the Yadav community would surely be very small whereas in fact it is huge.


 * I am not holding you to this, so feel free to make educated guesses: how many ruling houses etc are we talking about here? What was the average area that they ruled over? Indeed, who did they rule over? How large were their armies? What proportion of their armies comprised Yadav soldiers? What did the rest of the Yadavs do, ie: those who were not soldiering? What did they do when they were too old to fight?


 * I'll give you a example of why this weight issue matters. If someone asks you how many legs does a human being have and how many does a cat have, I'd bet that you would say 2 and 4. But, of course, those figures are not always correct: birth defects, accidents/disease etc. It is the same with elite/non-elite. - Sitush (talk) 17:08, 22 November 2011 (UTC)