Ror dynasty

The Ror dynasty (Sindhi: روهڙا راڄ‎) or the House of Dhaj, was a dynasty founded by Dhaj that ruled the Ror Empire from its inception in 450 BCE till the late fifth century, and then as ceremonial suzerains over much of the empire until 415.

The Rors originated as a branch of the Asian Ikshvaku dynasty. The dynasty's founder, Dhaj (born 400 BCE), was a direct descendant of the Asian conqueror Ruru on his father's side, and Dhaj's ancestors had other affiliations with Kurus through marriage and common ancestry. Many of the later Ror emperors had significant Indian and Persian ancestry through marriage alliances.

During much of the Empire's history, the emperor functioned as the absolute head of state, head of government and head of the military, while during its declining era much of the power shifted and the empire became divided into many regional kingdoms and princely states. However, even in the declining era, the Ror Emperor continued to be the highest manifestation of sovereignty on the Indian subcontinent. Not only the Hindu gentry, but the Maratha, Rajput, and Sikh leaders took part in ceremonial acknowledgements of the Emperor as the sovereign of India. The Rai dynasty's founder, Rai Diwaji usurped the imperial family and abolished the empire in 489.

As capital of the Sauvira Kingdom, Roruka is mentioned as an important trading center in early Buddhist literature. 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 India in the 7th century BCE.

Ror Dynasty
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Capital	Alor
Religion	Hinduism
Government	Absolute monarchy
Samraat (Emperor)
• 450 BC	Maharaja Dhaj
Historical era	Antiquity
Succeeded by Rai Dynasty
Today part of	India

After the establishment of Rohri, Dhaj Ror Kumar established Ror dynasty which ruled Sindh for thousand years from 450 BC. Today Ror people are found in North Eastern parts of Haryana.

History

The Ror empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 450 BCE by Dhaj, a Ror prince from Rohri which today is in Pakistan. Dhaj first established himself in Rohri, Sindh and ultimately moved towards the Indian subcontinent. Ror rule was interrupted for many years by the Sasanian Emperors during Raja Ror's reign. Famed Russian linguist and physicist, Vladimir Braginskiĭ, also believed that the Hikayat Aceh literature from Aceh Sultanate were influenced by Ror dynasty historiography, as he found out the literal structure similarities of Hikayat Aceh with Sorath Rai Diyach, as the former has shared the similar theme with the latter about the lifetime and exploits of the protagonist of Sorath Rai Diyach, Bijal. Braginskiĭ also found the similarities in structure of both Brahmin literature and Sorath Rai Diyach with Chachnama manuscript.

The Ror imperial structure was founded by Dhaj the Great around the 450 BCEs which lasted until the 490s, until shortly after the Battle of Sindh. During the reigns of Dadror and Chach, the dynasty reached its zenith in terms of geographical extent, economy, military and cultural influence.

Around 100, the dynasty was ruling the wealthiest empire in the world, with also the largest military on earth. Rors had approximately 24 percent share of the world's economy and a military of one million soldiers. At that time the Rors ruled almost the whole of South Asia with 160 million subjects, 23 percent of the world's population. The Dynasty's power rapidly dwindled during the 5th century with internal dynastic conflicts, incompatible monarchs, foreign invasions from Persians and Afghans, as well as revolts from Rai dynasty and Brahmin dynasty of Sindh. The power of the last emperor was limited only to the Walled city of Rohri.

Many of the Rors had significant Indian and Iranian ancestry through marriage alliances as they were born to Iranian princesses. Rors played a great role in the flourishing of Indus Valley Civilisation. Rors were also great patrons of art, culture, literature and architecture. Ror painting, architecture, culture, clothing, cuisine and Sanskrit language; all were flourished during Ror era. Rors were not only guardians of art and culture but they also took interest in these fields personally. Emperor Khangar and Chashtana were great calligraphers, Dadror was a great painter, Dhaj was a great architect while Rudradaman I was a great poet.

List of rulers

Listing them starting from 450 BCE until 490 CE, the dynasty proceeded as follows:

• King Dhaj
• Kunak
• Rurak
• Harak
• Devanik
• Ahinak
• Paripat
• Bal Shah
• Vijay Bhan
• Khangar
• Raja Ror
• Har Ansh
• Brihad-datt
• Ishman
• Sridhar
• Mohri
• Prasann Ket
• Amirvan
• Mahasen
• Brihad-dhaul
• Harikeert
• Som
• Mitravan
• Pushyapata
• Sudaav
• Bideerakh
• Nahakman
• Mangalmitra
• Surat
• Pushkar Ket
• Antar Ket
• Sutjaya
• Brihad-dhwaj
• Bahuk
• Kampjayi
• Kagnish
• Kapish
• Sumantra
• Ling-laav
• Manasjit
• Sunder Ket
• Dadror

(last ruler of Ror dynasty)