Alha

Alha of the Banaphar Rajput clan was the famous general of the great Chandel king Paramdidev, or Parmal, who fought Prithviraj Chauhan in 1182 CE. Alha's mother, Devaki, was a member of the Ahir caste. In the Puranas, when Mahpati (Mahil) states that Ahlada (Alsha) has come to be of "low family" (kule hinatvamagatah), it is because his mother is an Arya Abhiri (aryabhiri: ans "Aryan" Ahir)(13.88-91).