A clan, at the lower end of the social order. They were usually found on the banks of the Indus and Saraswati. Nakula is said to have defeated them as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 32. They once visited Yudhishtira bearing presents as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 51 verses 11-13. Markandeya once said that in Kaliyuga, Aabhiras would become kings, as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 188 verses 35-36. In the Mahabharata war, Drona had made a Garudavyuha, in which there were Aabhiras, as per Mahabharata Dronaparva Chapter 20 verse 6. A tributary of Saraswati named Vinashana is said to have disappeared due to Aabhiras as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 37 verses 1-2.

The clan was originally a kshatriya one, but they fled to the mountains in fear of Parashurama. Later they stopped practicing the kshatriya dharma and are said to have gone down the social scale, as per Mahabharata Ashwamedhikaparva Chapter 29 verse 16. After Dwaraka was submerged and Krishna died, Arjuna fled with Krishna’s wives to the north. They were attacked by a group which also had Aabhiras as per Mahabharata Mausalaparva Chapter 7 verses 14-63.