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  Shown within Sindh  Aror (Pakistan) | |
| Location | Sukkur District, Sindh, Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 27°39′00″N 68°59′00″E / 27.65°N 68.9833°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Abandoned | 9th century AD |
Aror (or Alor or Arorkot) is the medieval name of the city of Rohri in Sindh, modern Pakistan.[1][2] Aror once served as the capital of Sindh.[3][4][5]
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh; Ghosh, Tapash Kumar; Nath, Surendra (1996). People of India: Delhi. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9788173040962. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
The Arora or Rora is a community of traders of the south-western part of the Punjab. Their origin according to the Bhavishya Purana, can be traced back to the time of Parshuram, who in anger started killing the Kshatriyas. In this process, Parshuram met a Kshatriya who refused to oppose the Brahmans, and winning Parshuram's respect, was asked to go to Sindh to setde there. Later, the place came to be known as Arutkot or Arorkot. His progeny are called Aroras.
- ^ "The News on Sunday (TNS) » Weekly Magazine - The News International". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
More than a thousand years ago Arore (also known as Alore) was the capital of Sindh, and the boundaries of this Hindu kingdom extended far and wide.
- ^ Commissioner, India Census (1912). Census of India, 1911 ... Printed at the Government central Press. p. 445.
The Arora or Rora is evidently connected with Arorkot near Rori (Sukkur), the ancient capital of Sindh .
- ^ Malhotra, Anshu (2002). Gender, Caste, and Religious Identities: Restructuring Class in Colonial Punjab. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195656480. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
The Aroras were also said to be the Khatris of Arorkot, or Aror, the ancient capital of Sindh.
- ^ Handbook of the Punjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh. John Murray. 1883. p. 293. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
Aror.--While at Rorhi, a visit may be paid to the very ancient town of Aor, which is only 5 m. distant to the E. This was the capital of the Hindu Rajas of Sindh and was taken from them by the Muslims, under Muhammad Kasim, about 711 A.D. At that time the Indus washed the city of Battle of Aror, but it was diverted from it by an earthquake about 962 A.D., at which the river entered its present channel.