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The power base of the Arunid Empire was formed during the anarchic period following the collapse of the [[Battganuur#Umaronid_Empire|Umaronid Empire]] when the control of the Erezu class's 6th-8th century nominal control over the regional Banner Armies under the Zardari dynasty disintegrated, Arun, leader of the Tripathee clan and commander of the Pukhgandi Barsom (Avestan for "Collection", "Bundle"), quickly established control over the Pukhto Barsom after his father-in-law died and he pressed his claim to headship of his wife's clan in 372 BCE. The pseudo-Kingdom carved out by the combined banner armies of Arun quickly became a powerhouse in the region and Arun's son.
The power base of the Arunid Empire was formed during the anarchic period following the collapse of the [[Battganuur#Umaronid_Empire|Umaronid Empire]] when the control of the Erezu class's 6th-8th century nominal control over the regional Banner Armies under the Zardari dynasty disintegrated, Arun, leader of the Tripathee clan and commander of the Pukhgandi Barsom (Avestan for "Collection", "Bundle"), quickly established control over the Pukhto Barsom after his father-in-law died and he pressed his claim to headship of his wife's clan in 372 BCE. The pseudo-Kingdom carved out by the combined banner armies of Arun quickly became a powerhouse in the region and Arun's son.


In 324 CE, Aadesh (later known as The Conqueror) courted the Zoroastrian scholar and mystic Fravarti, who espoused a radical revision of traditional Darian Zoroastrian doctrine. According to Fravarti, God had originally placed the means of subsistence on earth so that people should divide them among themselves equally, but the strong had coerced the weak, seeking domination and causing the contemporary inequality. This in turn empowered the "Five Demons" that turned men from Righteousness—these were Envy, Wrath, Vengeance, Need and Greed. To prevail over these evils, justice had to be restored and everybody should share excess possessions with his fellow men. Aadesh, shrewd as he was, realigned Fravarti's teachings towards his own aims, reimagining his communitarian vision as a statist one, and using the influence of loyal clergy, he established Fravartism as a doctrine of Rigid Centralization of State, Religious, and Social bodies around the person of Aadesh, who was given a special theological role akin to the role of the Imperator-Pope in later Caphirian Catholicism. The religious fervor caused by the spread of Fravartism across Daria led to the heightening of civil strife in the region, with legions of fanatics often fighting alongside Aadesh in his campaigns against the other 10 remaining Barsom Armies.  
The Arunid dynasty was ruthless and shrewd. Fathers and mothers teaching the art of cunning and guile to their children, punishing sloth and greed to ensure that ambition was a key factor of every new generation. There were 500 years of continuous expansion both through military conquest and through trade and diplomacy. They were to [[Daria]] what [[Daxia#Supremacy_of_Cao_Period_(475_CE-645_CE)|Cao]] was to [[Dolong]]. In fact, these empires were strong trading partners and military allies against the Huns of northern [[Dolong]].


With each new confrontation with the Barsom Armies, he was ruthless in their total liquidation, with mass executions of their clan leaders being commonplace. A notable exception to this rule, which later would prove to be key to the Arunid Empire's downfall, was Aadesh's sole defeat at the battle of Qandagozar at the hands of Ardafravash of the Khadem Clan, leader of the Adunishan Banner Army, who, after his retreat into the deserts of the interior would be the progenitor of the ruling family of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]].


One of the most revered rulers in Arunid history was Emperor Ashoka, who ascended to the throne in 268 BCE. Known for his conversion to Buddhism after witnessing the horrors of war, Ashoka pursued a policy of non-violence and religious tolerance. His reign marked a golden age for the empire, with the spread of Buddhism throughout the region and the construction of the famous Ashoka Pillars. The Arunid Empire experienced a period of cultural flourishing during this era. Its cosmopolitan cities, such as Peshawar and Taxila, became centers of learning and trade, attracting scholars and merchants from across the known world. Art, literature, and philosophy thrived, with the synthesis of Pukhti, Persian, and [[Istroyan]] influences.


In the 25 years of Aadesh's campaigns he and his zealots forcefully dispossessed the estates of the Erezu caste and installed loyal governors from the Farazu class of bureaucrats in their place to administrate the growing realm. As the years progressed, Aadesh reached near total autocratic power over the entire region, with only the Imperial Capital under the rump [DYNASTY] Emperor and the Orthodox Zoroastrian clergy remaining the only obstacle to his total power as Padishah and King of Kings of Daria.  
In 324 CE, Aadesh (later known as The Conqueror) courted the Zoroastrian scholar and mystic Fravarti, who espoused a radical revision of traditional Darian Zoroastrian doctrine. According to Fravarti, God had originally placed the means of subsistence on earth so that people should divide them among themselves equally, but the strong had coerced the weak, seeking domination and causing the contemporary inequality. This in turn empowered the "Five Demons" that turned men from Righteousness—these were Envy, Wrath, Vengeance, Need and Greed. To prevail over these evils, justice had to be restored and everybody should share excess possessions with his fellow men. Aadesh, shrewd as he was, realigned Fravarti's teachings towards his own aims, reimagining his communitarian vision as a statist one, and using the influence of loyal clergy, he established Fravartism as a doctrine of Rigid Centralization of State, Religious, and Social bodies around the person of Aadesh, who was given a special theological role akin to the role of the Imperator-Pope in later Caphirian Catholicism. The religious fervor caused by the spread of Fravartism across Daria led to the heightening of civil strife in the region, with legions of fanatics often fighting alongside Aadesh in his campaigns against the other 10 remaining Barsom Armies.  
 
 
In [DATE, 782] Aadesh, in old age, laid siege to the city, and finally entered the Citadel in Sayendag, the ultimate symbol of divine and secular power in Darian civilization. On [DATE], Aadesh, now dressed in the sumptuous robes of royalty, proclaiming the foundation of a new dynasty, with himself as the new Sublime Padishah of Daria. The Pukhgandi Barsom became the core of the new Aruni military, with conscripts from across the realm being integrated directly into its system, rather than the traditional disparate banner systems of old.  


With each new confrontation with the Barsom Armies, he was ruthless in their total liquidation, with mass executions of their clan leaders being commonplace. A notable exception to this rule, which later would prove to be key to the Arunid Empire's downfall, was Aadesh's sole defeat at the battle of Qandagozar at the hands of Ardafravash of the Khadem Clan, leader of the Adunishan Banner Army, who, after his retreat into the deserts of the interior would be the progenitor of the ruling family of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]].


In the following years, first under Aadesh's nephew Aadesh II, and then his descendants, the reforms of Aadesh I, while momentarily advantageous to the greatly stratocratic state, would prove disastrous for the entire region, both militarily and economically. The alliance of the landowning class and the Barsom Armies, in hindsight, proved to be the key to the stabilization and state securtiy of the Darian Realm during previous Empires, a feature which the Arunid Empire completely lacked due to its liquidationist campaigns against both classes. Rudderless and with only the support of the [CLASS] of lowborn bureaucrats and extremist clergy as its base of support, the Empire quickly faltered domestically, with grotesque mismangement of the crops of [YEAR] {YEAR] and [YEAR] as well as the failure of the new [NAME] system of conscription instituted by Aadesh II to replace the banner army structure signfiicantly weakened control of the outer provinces. These failures culminated in the slow conquest of the Empire by the growing Muslim Caliphate throughouot the 8th and 9th centuries. The emperor met its final demise at the hand of an old enemy in a new guise in the year 884, with first Oduniyyad Caliph [NAME], grandson of Aadesh's old nemesis Ardafravash, who fled in to the desert and whose clan pledged allegiance to the Muslim cause in [year] and then rose to Caliphal authority following the Oduniyyad Revolution in the year 820.
As the 7th century dawned, the Arunid Empire faced growing external pressures. The emergence of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] brought a new force into the region, driven by religious zeal and military might. Caliphal forces began encroaching on Arunid territories, sparking a series of conflicts that would culminate in a decisive battle in 884 CE. The Battle of Neshapur in 884 CE marked the end of the Arunid Empire. Caliphal forces, led by General Al-Abbas, proved too formidable, and the Arunid capital fell. The empire was dissolved, and its territories were gradually absorbed into the expanding [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]].


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