According to Chachnama, what was the Capital of the Indus Country in the 6th and 7th century?

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Correct — B, Arod (Aror / Alor). The Chachnama, the Persian chronicle of the Arab conquest of Sindh, names Aror — on the Indus near modern Rohri/Sukkur — as the capital of the Sindh (Indus) country under the Brahman dynasty of Chach and his son Raja Dahir in the 6th-7th centuries.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Debal (Deval) was Sindh's coastal port, the first town Muhammad bin Qasim captured (711-712 CE) — an important city, but not the capital.  (c) Lodhruva (Lodurva) was an early capital of the Bhati Rajputs near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, unrelated to the Chachnama's Sindh.  (d) Barmer is a town in western Rajasthan; it is not the capital described in the Chachnama.

Concept: The Chachnama (also Fateh-nama-i-Sindh) is the principal narrative source for the Arab conquest of Sindh under Muhammad bin Qasim (712 CE) and for the preceding Brahman dynasty. It presents Aror as Raja Dahir's capital on the Indus.

State PCS 2020 Q67 — History PYQ with Answer

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