THE LOCAL HINDU RULER'S DOMINANCE.

THE LOCAL HINDU RULER'S DOMINANCE.
After the rule of Persian and Greek governments ended, the rule of Hindu rulers started. Maharaja Ashok, who conquered greater part of India, was a Buddhist and after him Brahmans started their dominance. During the rule of Raja Vikramajeet efforts were made to spread Hindu religion in Sindh. Both dynasties left their influence. Buddhist Stupas and Hindu Temples are the remnants of their period. Rai Sahasi and Chach dynasties were the last of the Hindu rulers. The last ruler of Sindh was Raja Dahir, who ruled over the following areas: a) Multan division area 24824 Sq. Miles. b) Bahawalpur area 17652 Sq. Miles. c) Baluchistan area 132050 Sq. Miles. d) The present Sindh area 57000 Sq. Miles. e) Kutch area 8300 Sq. Miles. f) Junagarh area 3337 Sq. Miles. The total area 245163 Sq. Miles was under that Sindhi ruler. Therefore the language, culture, custom and other traditions of these areas were similar. iv) THE ARAB IMPERIALIST PERIOD. The Arabs conquered Sindh and had control over the same areas ruled by Raja Dahir excepting the areas of Kutch and Junagarh. So during the Arab period the following areas came under their control: a) Multan Division area 24824 Sq. Miles. b) Bahawalpur Division area 17652 Sq. Miles. c) The present Sindh area 57000 Sq. Miles. d) The Baluchistan area 134050 Sq. Miles. The total area comes to 233476 Sq. Miles. In Arab period the boundaries sometimes were greater and sometimes lesser. Internal management remained in the hands of tribal chiefs. But for the collection of taxes from time to time, the Governors were appointed from Damascus or Baghdad. The general policy remained in their hands who in the various centers of Sindh, kept Arab cantonments at Multan, Alore, Barhmanabad etc., the governors used to stay in the cantonments. During the days of Soomra and Samma dynasties the areas of Sindh cannot be clearly fixed. These were the best periods of Sindh. But unfortunately the history of Sindh has not been given fair treatment. v) THE AREA OF SINDH DURING THE MUGHAL PERIOD Though the rule of Mughals was spread over the most of the parts of Northern, Western India and Afghanistan, yet for the administrative purpose they distributed the area in various provinces. During the days of Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb, the Governorship was based on Multan under their rule. Sukkur and Thatta were smaller provinces. In view of that, the territory of Sindh can be divided in the following provinces: a) Multan Division area 24824 Sq. Miles. b) Bahawalpur Division area 17652 Sq. Miles c) The present Sindh Province area 57000 Sq. Miles d) The Baluchistan area 134050 Sq. Miles The total area of Sindh in those days was 233476 Sq. Miles After the rule of Aurangzeb the Mughal Empire began to shrink and in various parts of India local tribes began to become stronger. Therefore Sindh's territory also began to change. The Multan division came under the Sikh rule and separated from Sindh. Baluchistan came under the control of Baluch tribal chiefs and Pathan rulers. Sindh was divided in two parts: The Sindhi Kalhoras had in their possession two areas. Sukkur and Thatta districts and Dawood Potas who were the branch of the same dynasty ruled over Bahawalpur area. In those days Sindhis had control of following areas: a) Bahawalpur area remained in the hands of Dawood Potas. Its area was 17602 Sq. Miles b) The remaining Sindh's area remained under the Kalhora rule. Its area was 57000 Sq. Miles. c) The Lasbella and Katchi and Sibbi areas remained under the dynasty of Jams. Its area was 79992 Sq. Miles.The total area of Sindh at that time was 154594 Sq. Miles. Though the territories mentioned above under the control of different rulers, yet all the rulers were Sindhis and languages used in those areas were Sindhi and Siraiki.