Dahir of Aror Raja Dahir (663 – 20 June 712) was the last Hindu Maharaja of Sindh from 695 to 712. A Brahmin ruler, his kingdom was invaded in 711 by the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, led by Muhammad bin Qasim, where Dahir died. According to the Chach Nama, the Umayyad campaign against Dahir was due to a pirate raid off the Sindh coast that resulted in gifts to the Umayyad caliph from the king of Serendib being stolen. Raja Dahir was born in 663 into the Brahman dynasty of Sindh, a family deeply rooted in Hindu traditions and governance. His father, Chach of Aror, who ruled from 631 to 671, was a Brahmin who ascended to the throne after marrying the widowed Queen Suhandi. This event established the Chach dynasty, which would rule Sindh for nearly a century. He fought three battles successfully, but was killed in the final one after being betrayed by the Buddhists who resented him during the Battle of Aror. He died defending his region at Sindh which took place between his dynasty and the Arabs at the banks of the Indus River, near modern-day Nawabshah at the hands of the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim. | Dahir of Aror | - | | --- | --- | | Maharaja | - | | Maharaja of Sindh | - | |

# Information about the Kingdom of Raja Dahir of Sindh? Tags: india, maps - Score: 6 - Views: 1150 - Answers: 2 - Answered: yes - Asked by: user806 - Asked: 2012-04-28 - Edited: 2016-08-11 - Site: history ## Question I am trying to find some information about the Kingdom of Raja Dahir of Sindh. For example, how much area did his empire constitute and where was it generally located? If anyone could also provide a map that might indicate some of this information, that would be particularly helpful. ## Answers ### Answer by Arani (score: 1) As the Wikipedia article itself says, King Dahir was the ruler of the Sindh, and some areas of Punjab, the territories that now lie in Pakistan.His capital was at Alor, which is now in Sind province of Pakistan. There are no maps showing the kingdom's borders, since they are not completely known till now. ### Answer by Eduard Florinescu (score: 1) Just from researching the subject on Internet it is easy to see that the subject is very much charged with nationalist and politic agendas. Also if some detailed maps existed, exactly for the reign of Dahir they could not be undisputed, since there are obviously no scientific measures at that dat