Mori Kingdom

The Mori or Maurya is a Rajput clan which ruled over southwestern Rajasthan and northern Malwa from the 7th century CE and for a period of about 120 years.[6] They controlled the Chittor Fort. The Mori Rajputs were probably the most powerful power in this region before the rise of Pratiharas. Mori is also considered a sub clan of Parmar Rajputs.[7][8]

Not to be confused with Maurya Empire or Murao people.

Mori Rajputs
7th century-734[1][2]
The Moris and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 600 CE.[3]
CapitalChittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, India
24.8863°N 74.647°E / 24.8863; 74.647
Religion
State religion:
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Aulikaras
Guhila dynasty
A view of Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, India
Chittorgarh fragmentary inscriptions of the Naigamas, first half of the 6th century CE.[4][5]

History

The Mori Rajputs are mentioned as one of the fourteen branches of the Parmar Rajput clan by British scholars.[9][10][11] Chitrangada Mori, a Mori Rajput ruler, laid the foundation of the fort of Chittorgarh.[12][13][2] A Mori ruler of Chittor has known to have assisted the Chahmana king Visaldeva in a battle against the Turk invaders, probably led by sultan Khusrau Shah or Bahram Shah of Ghazna. The Moris also allied with the Kachhwaha of Amber.[14]

A dynasty belonging to the Mori clan controlled the Chittor Fort and the surrounding region before the Guhila dynasty. The fort of Chittor was a well established citadel in the 8th century under the Moris.[15] The Chittorgarh inscription dated 713 AD gives four names of Mori Rajput rulers of Chittor.[16]

The Mori rulers were the lords of Malwa.[17] Mahlot, a Mori king of Chittor has been mentioned in the Chach Nama as a relative of King Rai Sahasi of Sindh.

Shyam Manohar Mishra of Lucknow University theorized that Bappa Rawal was originally a vassal of the last Mori ruler Manuraja alias Man Singh Mori. Manuraja was his uncle through his mother, a Parmar princess from Abu or Chandravati.[14] Manuraja is identified with Māna, mentioned in the Chittorgarh Māna-sarovara inscription of 713 AD. Māna was described as the son of Bhoja.[18][19] Māna's great - grandfather was named Maheśvara.[20]

Bappa probably led the Mori campaign against the Arabs, which made him more famous than his overlord. Later, he either deposed Manuraja and became the king of Chittor with the help of the nobles[17] or became the king after Manuraja died childless.[21] The Moris were expelled from Chittorgarh by Bappa Rawal.[22][18][14]

Defeat by the Arabs

According to C.K. Majumdar, the Moris were ruling at Chittor[23] when the Arabs (mlechchhas) invaded north-western India around 725 CE.[23] The Arabs defeated the Moris, and in turn, were defeated by a confederacy that included Bappa Rawal.[24][25][19]

References
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  2. Guides, Bluworlds; Das, Joydip. Royal Rajasthan Pocket Travel Guide. Bluworlds Guides.
  3. Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 21, 147. ISBN 0226742210.
  4. Balogh, Dániel (9 December 2018). "Chittorgarh fragmentary inscriptions of the Naigamas, inked rubbing".
  5. Epigraphia Indica Vol 34. pp. 53–58.
  6. Somani, ram Vallabh (1976). History Of Mewar. p. 28.
  7. Shukla, Dinesh Chandra (1978). Early History of Rajasthan. Delhi: Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan. pp. 185–186. In the seventh century or in the beginning of the eighth century, the Mauryas, evidently the same as the Mori Rajputs, had a strong principality in S.E. Rajasthan
  8. Sharma, Dasharatha (1966). Rajasthan Through the Ages: From the earliest times to 1316 A.D. Rajasthan State Archives. pp. 226–228.
  9. Chand, Faquir; Sinha, N. K. (1992). People of India: Daman and Diu. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-762-3.
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  13. Rajasthan. The University of Michigan. 1962. p. 44.
  14. Tod, James (1873). Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, Or, The Central and Western Rajpoot States of India Part 36, Volume 1. Higginbotham and Company. p. 189.
  15. India Tourism Development Corporation, India Tourism Development Corporation (1975). Guide to Rajasthan. India Tourism Development Corporation. p. 169.
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  17. Rajputana (Agency), Rajputana (Agency) (1880). The Rajputana Gazetteer Volume 3. Harvard University. p. 16.
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  19. Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia Of Untouchables : Ancient Medieval And Modern. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
  20. Singh, R.B (1975). Origin of the Rajputs. Sahitya Sansar Prakashan. p. 40.
  21. Shyam Manohar Mishra 1977, p. 48.
  22. Topsfield, Andrew (2001). Court Painting at Udaipur Art Under the Patronage of the Maharanas of Mewar. Artibus Asiae Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9783907077030.
  23. R. C. Majumdar 1977, p. 298-299.
  24. Ram Vallabh Somani 1976, p. 45.
  25. Khalid Yahya Blankinship 1994, p. 188.

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