e/Rai Dynasty

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has gloss	eng: The Rai Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Sindh from c. 489 - 632. The Rais were one of the Middle kingdoms of India and patrons of Buddhism even though they also established a huge temple of Shiva in present-day Sukkur, derived from original Shankar, close to their capital in Al-ror. This is consistent with the historical accounts from the times of Emperor Ashoka and Harsha because Indian monarchs never sponsored a state religion and usually patronized more than one faith. The influence of the Rai state exdended from Kashmir and Kannauj in the east, Makran and Debal (Karachi) port in the west, Surat port in south, Kandahar, Sistan, Suleyman, Ferdan and Kikanan hills in the north. Sources of Information B. D. Mirchandani writes, "Our knowledge of the Rai dynasty, which is not a great deal, is derived entirely from three Muslim chronicles of Sind." For the history of the RaI and Brahman dynasties we are, therefore, almost entirely dependent on the Muslim chronicles, especially the Chachanama.
lexicalization	eng: Rai dynasty
instance of	c/Dynasties of India