Rai dynasty | |||||||||
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| 489–632 | |||||||||
Map of Sindh (Rais), c. 550–600 CE.[1] | |||||||||
| Capital | Alor[2] | ||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 489–(?) | Rai Diwaji (first) | ||||||||
• (?)–632 | Rai Sahasi II (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 489 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 632 | ||||||||
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| History of Pakistan |
The Rai dynasty (c. 489–632 CE) was a Buddhist[3][4][5] dynasty that ruled the Sindh region. All that is known about the dynasty comes from the Chachnama, a 13th-century Persian work about Sindhi history. Nothing particular is known about the first three kings—Rai Diwaji, Rai Sahiras I, and Rai Sahasi I. The fourth king, Rai Sahiras II, is said to have ruled over a vast prosperous area, including the seaport of Debal, divided into four provinces; he was killed in a conflict with the Sassanian King of Nimroz and lost territories around Makran. Rai Sahiras II was succeeded by Rai Sahasi II whose secretary, Chach, a Brahmin, usurped the throne after his death in connivance with Sohan Devi, the King's widow, and established the Brahmin dynasty. Sahasi II's relatives—Rai Mahrit, ruler of Chittor and Bachhera, the governor of Multan province—took on Chach, individually, but in vain.
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- ^ Khuhro, Hamida (1981). Sind Through the Centuries: Proceedings of an International Seminar Held in Karachi in Spring 1975. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-577250-0.