11-07-2006, 12:36 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-sivadasi+Nov 6 2006, 06:04 PM-->QUOTE(sivadasi @ Nov 6 2006, 06:04 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Does anyone know if the Moris were Mauryas?
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That is the general belief as per their own internal tradition. The Mores of Maharashtra also believed that they were Mauryas. Given that the Maurya dynasty was otherwise forgotten and generally believed to be at best a half-kshatriya or shUdra dynasty, I would believe that mauryan claimants were truely connected in some way to the original maurya clan that established the first pan-Indian empire of classical history. Shivaji destroyed the dynasty in Maharashtra, but remnants continue to this day.
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That is the general belief as per their own internal tradition. The Mores of Maharashtra also believed that they were Mauryas. Given that the Maurya dynasty was otherwise forgotten and generally believed to be at best a half-kshatriya or shUdra dynasty, I would believe that mauryan claimants were truely connected in some way to the original maurya clan that established the first pan-Indian empire of classical history. Shivaji destroyed the dynasty in Maharashtra, but remnants continue to this day.