Aror (or Alor or Arorkot) is the medieval name of the city of Rohri in

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, modern Pakistan. Aror once served as the capital of Sindh.

History

As Roruka, capital of the Sauvira Kingdom, it is mentioned as an important trading center in early Buddhist literature. In the Chachnamah, members of the

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group were noted in the city of Aror. Little is known about the city's history prior to the Arab invasion in the 8th century CE. Sauvīra was an ancient kingdom of the lower

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. Aror was the capital of the Rai dynasty and then the Brahman dynasty that once ruled northern Sindh. Aror is the ancestral town of the Arora community. In 711, Aror was captured by the army of Umayyad general Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. In 962 it was hit by a massive earthquake that changed the course of the

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and ruined the town's mud brick building, thereby setting into play the city's decline, and eventual re-settlement at Rohri, along the modern-day shores of the Indus.

Ruins

Most of Aror's ruins have been lost, though some arches of a mosque built shortly after the 8th century Arab invasion remain standing. The Kalka Cave Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to ''Kalkaan Devi'', still exists near the ruins, and is still used. The ''Chattan Shah ji Takri'' shrine is built atop a high rock outside the city, and is traditionally believed to be a companion of Ali, cousin of

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