Realm · approximate borders · 489–631
Rai kingdom of Sindh
Known almost only from the 13th-century Chach Nama; no inscriptions survive and its reliability is debated (Wikipedia: Rai dynasty). Its realm was Sindh with the Multan district, its northern province, with claims towards Makran and Kashmir.
See Rai kingdom of Sindh on the map in 534
- On the map
- 489–631
- Capital
- Alor (Aror)
Rulers named in the sources
- Rai Diwaji founder, c. 489
- Rai Sahiras I undated
- Rai Sahasi I undated
- Rai Sahiras II killed fighting the Sasanian governor of Nimroz
- Rai Sahasi II last king, to c. 632
South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE
Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Western Ganga dynasty
- Wikipedia: Licchavi (kingdom)
- Wikipedia: Zhangzhung
- Wikipedia: Hindu Shahis
- Wikipedia: Emirate of Multan
- Wikipedia: Rai dynasty
- Wikipedia: Brahmin dynasty of Sindh
- Wikipedia: Vishnukundina dynasty
- Wikipedia: Eastern Chalukyas
- Wikipedia: Kalachuris of Tripuri
- Wikipedia: Chera Perumals of Makotai
- Wikipedia: Eastern Ganga dynasty
- Wikipedia: Shailodbhava dynasty
- Wikipedia: Bhauma-Kara dynasty
- Wikipedia: Somavamshi dynasty
- Wikipedia: Sharabhapuriya dynasty
- Wikipedia: Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala
- Wikipedia: Later Gupta dynasty
- Wikipedia: Kalachuris of Mahishmati
- Wikipedia: Andhra Ikshvaku
- Wikipedia: Porus
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia (1978), plate III.D.2: South Asia in the age of Pusyabhuti and Calukyan ascendancy, c. 550-700 (DSAL)
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia: The Gupta-Vakataka age, c. 300-500 (DSAL)
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia: The age of the Gurjara-Pratiharas, Palas and Rastrakutas, c. 700-975 (DSAL)
- Wikimedia Commons: Western-ganga-empire-map.svg (core Western Ganga territory)
- R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Classical Age (History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 3), archive.org
- R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Age of Imperial Kanauj (History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 4), archive.org