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Maharaja Ahibaran was the ancestor King of Varanwal/ Baranwal community. Ahibaran was a Soorya vanshi kshatriya, who was the 21st descendent of Emperor King Mandhata, the ruler of Ayodhya. Ayodhya is the place where Bhagwan Sri Ram was born and ruled. The descendents of Emperor Ahibaran were called baranwal. He was a Tomar king and his successors ruled areas of U.P. and Haryana for many centuries. Later the seat of power went to Dors and Chauhans, with the rise of Hardatta, a Dor ruler who took possession of Baran along with Meerut and Koil. He was soon beset with troubles due to the invasions of Mahmud of Ghazni. The last Hindu ruler of the state was Chandrasena. The family and relatives of the Tomar and the Dor kings formed a separate endogamous community of their own.
According to Mahalakshmi Vrata Katha, Lakshmi, the HIndu Goddess of wealth blessed Ahibaran and his descendants with सुख (happiness) and समृधि (wealth).