[3][4] According to a narrative found in the Mahabharata, and the Vishnu Purana, Yadu refused to exchange his years of youth with his father, Yayati, when the latter was cursed with senility by his father-in-law, Shukra.
[5][6] Due to this proclamation, Yadu was replaced by his half-brother, Puru, as the heir to the throne of the Chandravamsha dynasty.
[7] The Agni Purana states that Yadu's lineage was continued by his eldest son, Sahasrajit.
[8] A historical dynasty called the Traikutaka claimed descent from Haihaya.
[9][page needed] According to Historian T Padmaja, the Abhiras migrated to Tamil Nadu and established their kingdoms and some of the inscriptions there mentions their descendant from the Yadu lineage.