Arunid Empire
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| 372 BC–884 CE | |||||||
| Religion | Hindi, Jain | ||||||
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| Demonym(s) | Aruni | ||||||
| Government | Empire | ||||||
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| Historical era | Classical antiquity | ||||||
• Established | 372 BC | ||||||
• Armies beaten by the Oduniyyad Caliphate | 884 CE | ||||||
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| Today part of |  Battganuur Bulkh Kandara Tapakdore Peshabiwar Pukhgundi Umardwal | ||||||
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The Arunid Empire was a powerful Hindu empire im the Daria region of Audonia during Classical Antiquity (~372 BCE - 884 CE). It dominated the trade networks of the Aab-e-Farus and it's landed provinces stretched from modern day Kandara all the way to Battganuur. It's armies were unstoppable in the Classical period but it's over extension I'm western Daria not only led to corruption and weak administration, but it stretched the armies of the empire top thin and it was eventually expelled from western Daria by Muslim armies, and then totally crushed by the Oduniyyad Caliphate.
It's origin, capital, and powerbase was in what is now Pukhgundi, where the vestiges of ots legacy can still be most obviously seen. While it was a very cosmopolitan empire made up of thousands of ethnic groups, religions, and languages, the ruling class was Pukhti from modern Pukhgundi.