Ror Dynasty
| Ror dynasty | |||||
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| Capital | Rori | ||||
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Buddhism Hinduism |
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| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||
| Maharaja | Dhaj, Ror Kumar | ||||
| Dadror | |||||
| Historical era | Iron Age India | ||||
| • | Established | 450 BC | |||
| • | Disestablished | 489 AD | |||
The Ror dynasty (Sindhi: روهڙا راڄ) was a Buddhist dynasty on the Indian subcontinent. The Rors ruled from Rori, the capital of Sindh, now the town of Sukkur, Pakistan, which was built by Dhaj, Ror Kumar, a Ror Kshatriya, in the 5th century BCE. Rori has been known by names such as Roruka and Rorik since antiquity. Buddhist Jataka stories talk about exchanges of gifts between King Rudrayan of Roruka and King Bimbisara of Magadha.Divyavadana, the Buddhist chronicle has said that Ror historically competed with Pataliputra in terms of political influence. The scholar T.W. Rhys Davids has mentioned Roruka as one of the most important cities of Ancient India in the 7th century BCE.
Shortly after the reign of Rudrayan, in the times of his son Shikhandi, Roruka got wiped out in a major sand storm. This event is recorded in both Buddhist (Bhallatiya Jataka) and Jain annals. It was then that the legendary Dhaj, Ror Kumar (Rai Diyach in Sindhi folklore) built Rori Shankar, Rohri and Sukkur in Pakistan in the year 450 BC.
Following the foundation of Rori Shankar is Rohri and Sukkur in Pakistan by Dhaj, Ror Kumar, and 41 kings followed him one after the other until Dadror. Listing them starting from 450 BC until 489 AD, the dynasty proceeded as follows:
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