Mori Rajput Empire: Difference between revisions

The '''Mori(Rajasthani)''' or '''Maurya(Sanskrit)''' is a Rajput clan which ruled over southwestern [[Rajasthan]] and northern [[Malwa]] from the 7th century CE and for a period of about 120 years.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somani |first1=ram Vallabh |title=History Of Mewar |date=1976 |page=28 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143000/page/n33/mode/2up}}</ref>The Mori word originally came from Pali word Moriya<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2009-04-12 |title=Moriya, Moriyā: 2 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/moriya |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref> which is pronounced as Maurya in Sanskrit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maurya Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History |url=https://forebears.io/surnames/maurya |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=forebears.io}}</ref> They controlled the [[Chittor Fort]]. The Mori Rajputs were probably the most powerful power in this region before the rise of [[Gurjara-Pratiharas]]. Mori is also considered a sub clan of [[Parmar]] [[Rajput]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shukla|first=Dinesh Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_oJAQAAIAAJ|title=Early History of Rajasthan|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan|year=1978|location=Delhi|pages=185–186|quote=In the seventh century or in the beginning of the eighth century, the Mauryas, evidently the same as the Mori Rajputs, had a strong principality in S.E. Rajasthan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Dasharatha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1dXAAAAMAAJ&q=Mauryas|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages: From the earliest times to 1316 A.D|publisher=Rajasthan State Archives|year=1966|pages=226–228}}</ref>