King rai Diyach/ Daj, Ror Kumar

Story of King Rai Diyach/ Raja Dhaj, Ror Kumar
who ruled in Sindh

Eventually when you will complete reading this story, surely you will agree with me that in fact story of Sorath Rai Diyach is more about the Scarifying, magical effect created by Music and how in the olden days people were dedicated to keep their promise. Instead of a pure love story, this is more about scarifying emotions of one woman [Sorath] and intense greed for wealth of another woman [wife of Beejal]. As the story has tragic end probably because of this it is considered as the part of “Tragic Romance of Sindh”. Sorath was one among the seven most beautiful women born in Sindh region in that era and story is part of legendry Sindhi literature “Shah Jo Risalo” so Sorath become included into Seven Queens of Sindh.

BIRTH OF BEEJAL

The only sorrow which was disturbing Junagad King Rai Diyach’s sister was even after many years of married life, she was child less. She loved his brother King Rai Diyach to such extant than she always try to remain cheerful before him. Once a sufi saint came to her and forecasted that soon she will give birth to a boy child, listening to this she become happy but the next prediction of the saint proved water for fire of her happiness, as saint said this is the pre written destiny that King Rai Diyach will be killed at the hands of this boy.  She kept the news of her pregnancy secret from every one and when boy born she kept the newly born baby in a basket allowing basket to afloat in the river. She has done this, scarified her own son, just when he was born, for the sack of her love for brother as she thought this will help to prove false the prediction of saint and her beloved brother will remain safe. The basket swims to nearby area and was found by Shepherd Dami and his wife. They adopted the boy and gave name “Beejal” or "Bijal".
BIRTH OF SORATH

Nearby area of Kingdom of Rai Diyach was ruled by King Bhog, who already have six daughters and this time also his queen has given birth to a girl child. Dejected and annoyed queen of Bhog did the same thing with this newly born, unwanted  girl child, i.e. the baby was kept in basket and allowed to afloat in the river. The basket was found by a potter named “Ratno” from the Kingdom of Rai Diyach as the potter was child less so he and his wife decided to take the girl as their own child. They named the girl child as “Sorath”.

YOUNG BEEJAL

Beejal was growing in years and with time started to go to forest for feeding animals. Once he heard divine musical notes and found that this music was being generated from the dried intestine of a Deer, hanging on a tree and sound was produced when wind was striking to it. Beejal took that and made an instrument like Bansuri [flute] from it, the only difference was that to produce music Beejal has to touch the strings of the instrument. At the appropriate time Dami and his wife arranged marriage of Beejal.

BEAUTY OF SORATH

Sorath was still in her teen age when the entire area has become filled with discussion about her unmatched beauty and this has forced King Annirai to send proposal for marriage. Considering the difference within them father “Ratno” happily agree to this proposal and decided to take Sorath in a procession for marriage with Annirai.

MARRIAGE OF SORATH AND RAI DIYACH

When the Marriage procession of Sorath was passing through the Junagad, Rai Diyach came to know about this and as the result Ratno, father of Sorath was forced to merry Sorath with Rai Diyach. Hearing this news Annirai felt insulated and made attacks on Junagad but was failed to take revenge of his humiliation. Finally he made announcement that one who will bring head of Rai Diyach will be entitled and owner of plate containing a lot of Diamonds, Jewels and other precious, which announcer was showing while announcing Annirai’s proclamation.

Beejal’s wife was a greedy woman though she had a great trust with musical powers of her husband, she asked announcer to hand over that precious plate and promise that her husband will beheaded Roy Diyach. She was warned that if her husband fails to fulfill the promise entire family will have to face death.
CONFUSION OF BIJAL

When Annirai’s proclamation was announced in the village of Bijal, he was not home. On returning when he came to know what his wife has done, he felt shocked and stunned as the Ray Diyach was King who takes care of all the citizen of his Kingdom as his own sons and was famous for donating or giving the things to needy people. In the Sindhi language giving means “Diyan” probably because of this instead of original name “Khnghar” he was known as the Rai Diyach. King Ray Diyach also has fame of being a music lover king and a person remaining behind his words, he always fulfilled promise made by him. Bijal didn’t want to be reason for beheading of such generous King, but he has to face the death if he fails to do so. Greedy wife was also persisting for to complete the job finally Beejal came out of confusion and decided to go to Junagad.
KILLING RAI DIYACH

On reaching to Junagad Bijal sat near the fort and started playing his musical instrument. According to his hopes he was called by Rai Diyach to his Palace and performs there. Beejal sings and played the instrument for six continuous nights [this story is included in Shah Jo Risalo as the Sur Sorath, one among the 30 surs or the chapters] and every time Rai Diyach was offering a lot of wealth to him which was refused by Bijal. Finally Rai Diyach give word that he will fulfill wish of Bijal and will give whatever he wants. Beejal asked for the head of Rai Diyach. Ministers of Rai Diyach and even Queen Sorath requested Bijal for taking anything else. On refusal of Beejal, Rai Diyach himself cut his head which was given to Bijal.
TRAGIC END OF STORY

With the head of Rai Diyach, Bijal reached to court of Annirai Rathor. Looking at the head of Rai Diyach instead of being pleased Annirai angrily asked Bijal to leave his Kingdom for Killing such a generous King. Bejal was so unhappy that he rushed back to Junagad, where Sorath who in love of her husband has decided not to live without him and about to enter pyre prepared for the funeral of Rai Diyach. Bijal handed over the head to her and she entered into fire. This is said that Bijal also ended his life by entering the same fire.

List of The Ror (Suryavanshi Kshatriyas) rulers:

According to the Indian Puranic tradition, the Ror are a people from the solar race of the Ikshvaku Kul.

Sri Rama of Ayodhya had a descendant called Devaneek in the eighth generation after him and this Devaneek had three sons according to the Puranas.
The three sons of Devaneek were called Ahinag (Aneeh), Roop and Rudra/Rooroo/Ruru.
Ruru is remembered by all Rors as their eponymous ancestor and the lineage from there on is well-preserved by their bards right up to King Dadror.

The Rors ruled from Rori and was built by Dhaj, Ror Kumar, a Ror Kshatriya, in the 5th century BCE 450 BC–489 AD.
Now Rohri is a town of Sukkur District, Sindh, Pakistan.
At time of Mahabharata, Rohri was known as Roruka capital in Sauvira Kingdom.

Puranas provide a genealogical list from Kusha to Brihadbala, who was killed by Abhimanyu in the Mahabharata war (3138 BCE).

82. Kusha
 83. Atithi
 84. Nishadha
 85. Nala (who went to tirunallar to get rid of his dwarfness)
 86. Nabhas
 87. Pundarika
 88. Kshemadhanvan
 89. Devanika
 90. Ahinagu
 91. Roop
 92. Rudra/Rooroo/Ruru
 93. Paripatra
 94. Dala (or Balasthala)
 95. Chhal (or Anal)
 96. Ukya
 97. Vajranabha
 98. Khagan (or Shankhanaad)
 99. Vighruti (or Vyushitashva)
 100. Vishvasaha-2
 101. Hiranyanabha (He was student of Sage Jaimini, Yagnyavalkya has accepted him as his teacher)
 102. Pushya
 103. Dhruvasandhi
 104. Sudarshana-2
 105. Agnivatna-2
 106. Shighra
 107. Maru-2
 108. Prasushruta
 109. Susandhi (or Sugandhi)
 110. Amarshana and Sahasvanta, the sons of Susandhi
 111. Mahasvan
 112. Vishwasahav
 113. Prasenjit-1
 114. Takshaka
 115. Brihadbala (at Mahabharata time, Abhimanyu killed Brihadbala at age 125 years in Mahabharata War).

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Roruka  was founded and established for the first time by King Ruruk/ Ruruka, who was the fifth Ikshvaku dynasty ruler in the lineage after Raja Harishchandra of Kashi. An idea about the age of the city can be had by exploring the time line of the Ikshvaku dynasty. King Ruruk happened 29 generations before Sri Ram and should be dated to around 2500 BC using the most conservative estimates. If we believe the traditional Puranic time-line for the Indian Civilization, King Ruruk may have lived around 5500 BC.Thus, it can be seen that Roruka in the historical Sindhu-Sauvira area is quite an ancient seat of civilization dating back to the third millennium BC certainly.

The Treta Yuga Kings:

1) Vishwagashva
2) Ardra
3) Yuvanashva (Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Kanyakbuja who was the founder of Kannauj)
4) Sravasta (Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Kusha)
5) Vrihadashva
6) Kuvalayashva
7) Haryashva(Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Kushanabha)
8) Nikumbha (Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Gaadhi)
9) Sanhatashva (Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Vishvaratha who was popularly known as the Great Vishwamitra)
10) Krisashva
11) Prasenajit
12) Yuvanashva
13) Mandhatri (Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Kartavirya Arjuna, Sage Parashurama, and Ravana)
14) Purukutsa became the king of Ayodhya and married with Narmada after Mandhata's death and Muchukunda went to Swargaloka or Indraloka to fight against the asuras in Deva-Asura War. (Contemporary to Chandravanshi Kings Surasena , the son of Kartavirya Arjuna who was the founder of Surasena Kingdom on the banks of Yamuna and Gandhara who was the founder of Gandhara Kingdom).
15) Trayadasu
16) Sambruhuta
17) Anaranya (Contemporary to Chandravanshi King Shibi who offered his own flesh for a pigeon)
18) Prishadashva (Contemporary to Chandravanshi Kings, Madra and Kekaya Who were the founders of Madra Kingdom and Kekaya Kingdom)
19) Haryashva
20) Sumanas
21) Thridhanwan
22) Trayarunya
23) Trishanku
24) Harischandra
25) Rohitashva
26) Haritashva
27) Chunchu
28) Vijaya = Ramayana was written by Sage Valmiki during the reign of this King.

--> 29) Ruruka

30) Vrika
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75) Vishvasaha-2

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Shortly after the reign of Rudrayan, in the times of his son Shikhandi, Roruka got wiped out in a major sand storm. This event is recorded in both Buddhist (Bhallatiya Jataka) and Jain (Story of Udayan and the town of Vitabhaya) annals. It was then that the legendary Dhaj, Ror Kumar built Rori Shankar (the current Rohri and Sukkur) in the year 450 BC.

The ancient city of Rori was also a major pilgrimage center where famous personalities like “Sant” Bhrithari, elder brother of the great King Vikramaditya, came to pay their respects to Shankar Bhagwan. After the Arab conquest of Sind, the invaders pulled down the ancient temple of Shiva but Rori still remains very important as a religious destination for the Sindhis.

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Death of Rai Diyach / Dhaj, Ror Kumar:

Beejal a herdsman once heard a beautiful and fascinating musical sound when he approached near he found that the musical sound was occurring from a dead animal's juice-less dry intestine hanging around on a plant in the Jungle. Beejal took it over and made a Bansiri (a type of musical instrument). A Raja of another area publicly announced that one who fetches neck of 'RAI DIYACH' before him, he will award his throne to that person. Many people came but didn't satisfied the Raja, on hearing this Beejal came to this Raja and spoke that he will fetch the neck of Rai Diyach, then Beejal came and sat outside the palace of Rai Diyach and he continuously performed musical sound of his Bansiri which he had made from the dry intestine of animal. Raja Rai Diach was invoked by that fascinating sound of Beejal's Bansiri, he ordered courtier to bring that singer to his palace and called for Beejal to play the Bansiri. Beejal played Bansiri and Rai diyach was much delighted with Bansiri sound played by Beejal; so he inquired Beejal What did he want, Gold, Money, job and what ever he wanted; Beejal replied and insisted on one thing 'the royal neck of Rai Diyach'. Hence Rai Diyach furnished his neck to Beejal, who cut down Rai Diyach neck. Beejal brought Rai Diyach neck to the Raja who had ordered him, on seeing Beejal from far-ff Raja ordered Beejal to halt at that point and not to come near because Beejal had slaughtered the neck of benevolent and bighearted Rai Diyach.

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Following the foundation of Rori Shankar is Rohri and Sukkur in Pakistan by Dhaj, Ror Kumar, and 41 kings followed him one after the other until Dadror. Dadror was last king. Listing them starting from 450 BC until 489 AD, the dynasty proceeded as follows:

Dhaj, Ror Kumar
Kunak
Rurak
Harak
Devanik
Ahinak
Paripat
Bal Shah
Vijay Bhan
Khangar
Brihadrath
Har Ansh
Brihad-datt
Ishman
Sridhar
Mohri
Prasann Ket
Amirvan
Mahasen
Brihad-dhaul
Harikeert
Som
Mitravan
Pushyapata
Sudaav
Bideerakh
Nahakman
Mangalmitra
Surat
Pushkar Ket
Antar Ket
Sutjaya
Brihad-dhwaj
Bahuk
Kampjayi
Kagnish
Kapish
Sumantra
Ling-laav
Manasjit
Sunder Ket
Dadror

The bards report that Dadror was poisoned by his head priest, (Dewaji), in 620 AD and he was followed by five Brahmin kings before the capture of Rori or Al Ror by the Arabs. On the other hand, written records like the Chachnama report that the Brahmin usurper was Chach and not Dewaji

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Raja Ror I

(Raja Ror 1) was one of the younger sons of Raja Khangar, the 10th king of the Ror Dynasty of Sindh.
 He built a fort for himself in Kagarol, Agra district of present-day Uttar Pradesh in India.
His father being a contemporary of Ashoka, Ror I lived in the second half of the third century BC.

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Kagarol is a village in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. It is situated at a distance of about 25 kilometers to the south-west of Agra city.
 This village finds mention in some of the earliest Archaeological Survey of India reports compiled by Alexander Cunningham and his assistants, J D Beglar and A.C.L. Carlleyle. Out of this team, Carlleyle was the one who did most of the field work on this site.

History

Quoting from page 211 of the Archaeological Survey of India report for the year 1871-72,
The fort under this place was actually founded by a "Raja Ror", who is said to have been the son of "Khangar". There is a tradition preserved in the neighborhood about a "white crow" or kag, in consequence of the appearance of which as an omen of augury Raja Ror built a fort here.
This fort was thus named Kaga Ror by Raja Ror to commemorate the sighting of the white crow or kag in Hindi. The "r" later got corrupted to "l" and the present name Kagarol came into being.
There is historical monument named "Barahkhamba" near the village. It is said that this monument was built by Mughal emperors.
Currently, Ror descendants are living in Haryana in Kurukshetra, Karnal and Kaithal District.

Historical relics

The image of a Ror warrior was found at the site of Kaga Ror or Kagarol by Carlleyle, who goes on to say in his report that:
The features of the face are fine and manly, of the handsomest Hindu type. The warrior has his right knee raised; on his right arm he presents a shield in defense and in the left hand he brandishes a straight sword of huge dimensions over his head. In a belt round his waist he wears a dagger with a cross-shaped hilt at his left side. The hair of the head is full but drawn back in straight lines on the head.