Rai dynasty

Rai dynasty
489–632
South Asia 600 CE MORIS PANDYAS LICCHAVIS CHOLAS ZHANGZHUNG CHERAS SAMATATAS GAUDA KAMARUPA VISHNU- KUNDINAS PALLAVAS ALUPAS NEZAKS ALCHONS KALINGAS PANDUVAMSHIS SHASHANKAS SHAILODBHAVAS GONANDAS MAUKHARIS TAKKA WESTERN TURKS TOCHARIANS MAITRAKAS PRATIHARAS LATER GUPTAS PUSHYA- BHUTIS CHALUKYAS EARLY KALA- CHURIS SASANIAN EMPIRE   ◁ ▷ Map of Sindh (Rais), c. 550–600 CE.[1]
Government	Monarchy
King
• 489–(?)	Rai Diwaji (first)
• (?)–632	Rai Sahasi II (last)
History
• Established	489
• Disestablished	632
Preceded by Succeeded by Hind (Sasanian province) Brahmin dynasty of Sindh
Today part of	Sindh, Pakistan

The Rai dynasty (c. 489–632 CE) was a dynasty that ruled the Sindh region in western Indian subcontinent (modern-day Sindh, Pakistan). All that is known about the dynasty comes from the Chachnama, a 13th-century Persian work about Sindhi history.

Nothing particular is known about the first three kings—Rai Diwaji, Rai Sahiras I, and Rai Sahasi I. The fourth king, Rai Sahiras II, is said to have ruled over a vast prosperous area, including the seaport of Debal, divided into four provinces; he was killed in an conflict with the Sassanian King of Nimroz and lost territories around Makran.

Rai Sahiras II was succeeded by Rai Sahasi II whose secretary, Chach, a Brahmin, usurped the throne after his death in connivance with Sohan Devi, the King's widow, and established the Brahmin dynasty. Sahasi II's relatives—Rai Mahrit, ruler of Chittor and Bachhera, the governor of Multan province—took on Chach, individually, but in vain.