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Dear Alrejaji,

Thank you for your contributions.--Navin c kumar 20:49, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to say, Khatris do not recognize Arora's as being Khatris/Kshatriya. Even though intermarriage has been permitted, Khatris will not consider and Arora to be of the same status. In this day in age, it does not matter sense the caste system is full of crap and is backwards thinking, however, I am referring to the thought of the old school and the old ways which was do for many many centuries, even up until the time of partition. Even in some remote parts of Punjab, including even some urbanized sections of cities within Punjab, people still will bring up that Arora's are not Khatris.

However, Arora's a traced back to Kshatriya lineage. It does not change their caste if the Punjabi Khatris believe Arora's are not Khatri. Nobleeagle (Talk) 04:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir....this topic is always an interesting debate. But tell me, if Khatris and Aroras are the same people, why do you never hear of a claim of a Khatri saying "I am an Arora".....and you only hear claims of Aroras saying "I am a part of the Khatri community".....you seen, if it was true that Aroras are part of the Khatri/Kshatriya community, you would hear Khatris claiming to be Arora in some cases, however, you dont!. You only hear Aroras saying they are Khatri, not the other way around.....does that make sense? Thanks

The complete article gives impression of having citations ,numbered as [1],[2] etc.But on clicking you will find no citation is there, a camouflage is used,highly condemnable.Plz kindly use proper ref.tags and hyperlink them with citations in brief.Holywarrior 14:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed that up... Nobleeagle (Talk) 06:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How can Aroras claim to be Khatris, if Khatris do not recognize them as being Khatri/Kshatriya? Why is it that an Arora will claim to be a Khatri, but a Khatri will not claim to be an Arora? If Khatris and Aroras were the same, then wouldn't they both claim to be each other?....—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jvegas (talk • contribs).

Arora are more of a subcaste of Khatri...If you look at the castes of some people it will say Arora-Khatri, as Khatri is Punjabi for Kshatriya it basically means that they are Kshatriyas of the Arora caste. Sir George Campbell did a study on exactly why Khatris do not call themselves Arora and Aroras call themselves Khatri. He came to the conclusion that both were from the same ethnic stock but during the Pasurama's persecution of some Khatri they decided to deny their caste and claim themselves to be aur (meaning "other"). However, the point is that Sir Campbell has determined that Aroras are of Kshatriya stock. Source is Provided here. Please continue talk if you have other concerns, do not change the caste without proving Sir Campbell wrong properly. Nobleeagle (Talk) 23:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to Ten Sikh gurus,Aroras are not related to Khatris. Aroras and Khatris are of same ethnic stock, but Khatri tribe is a distinct tribe. 122.162.142.175 (talk) 09:51, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aroras are not related to Khatris, because Khatris are related to Jats, Rajputs, Gujjar, Kamboj, Tarkhan and Lohar tribes.So i request you not to write anything that tells that Aroras are related to Khatris. Rightly so, Aroras are the inheritors of the mother of Indian civilization that is, Indus Valley Civilization. They are the people who inhabited Indus Valley and where roots of the Indian Civilization lie. Brahminism & Shaktivism originated here, they are the people, whom coming junglee 'TRIBES' subjugated. Those tribes who had no culture, were dying of hunger, searching for some place to lead a peaceful life. Which they found in the valley of Indus, where these peace loving Aroras lived. They came as refugees for food and shelter and are now stating themselves to be suprior to the same community, which game them food culture stability. What a thanklessness. Ask any Iranian, which also faced these Junglee Tribes, what they think of these junglee maruaders. 122.163.208.219 (talk) 22:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. 122.163.208.110 (talk) 14:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Arab historians used the words Al-rur, Al-ruhr and Al Ror to describe Aror.[1] The basic meaning being "The Ror" as 'Al' is simply the English word 'The' in Arabic. Aror was the ancient capital of Sindh, originally ruled by the Ror Dynasty, which was followed by Rai Dynasty and then the Brahman Dynasty. Modern Rohri is now situated close to Sukkur, Sindh. In 711, Aror was captured by the army of Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim. In 962 it was hit by a massive earthquake that changed the course of the Indus River.

Ror and arora are of same origin. This Community sacrifice very much to save Hindu community to Muslim Conversion. Only this community did not give any dola (girl)to any Muslim Ruler. Never bent before Muslim ruler. This whole community martyr at Badali Battle against Qutubudin Aibak in 1207. only 84 people smuggled out by elders. These 84 people settled in the region of Karnal and Kurukshetra and identified as Ror. So Ror and Arora are akshatriyas since ancient. to gain more knoledge, you can study Ror history and Arora history, both are same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.197.128.139 (talk) 14:30, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How can Lohanas be Aroras. Is it possible or impossible.122.173.243.55 (talk) 11:57, 2 July 2009 (UTC) when lohana shifted their capital lahore to alor there were two branches rat-ror - rat-hor -rathore and second one is ror-aror-arora.[[1]],[[2]],[[3]]Bhavinkundaliya (talk) 17:19, 7 October 2011 (UTC) [[4]]Bhavinkundaliya (talk) 18:55, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is a separate article on Ahluwalias. Aroras are different from Ahluwalias.--ISKapoor (talk) 18:15, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The edits by 122.161.46.169 are vandalism. Please keep an eye on him.--ISKapoor (talk) 02:09, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jamnalal Bajaj, the founder of Bajaj Group, was an Agrawal, in fact a founder of Agrawal Mahasabha.--ISKapoor (talk) 15:01, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Bhatia are a very similar community having originated from a nearby region (Jaisalmer near the border), but are historically distinct.--ISKapoor (talk) 15:08, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Arora are way above their Khatri counterparts..we had Aror!! the most wealthy city at its peak!! all this is recorded in the Chach Nama! look it up on wikipedia!! it talks about the invasion of sindh!! and arorra are connected to Ror's !! look them up too! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.89.153.235 (talk) 04:26, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a reference I tagged which I have a problem with. It seems to be a book on surnames rather than any sort of Etymological study into this group. It seems to be a google search type reference. Thanks --Sikh-History 09:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alawadhy is a subcast of Arora community. Arora people use some spell of this subcast like Alawadi/Allawadi.

The article dwells in length about Dahir (Raja), Chach of Alor, and others who were Brahmin rulers one of the last hindu rulers of Sind. But why they are mentioned in this Article of Arora. - there is no connection ????

Rorhi has been known by names such as Roruka and Rorik since antiquity. Buddhist Jataka stories talk about exchanges of gifts between King Rudrayan of Roruka and King Bimbisara of Magadh- the refrence given does not say the ruler was of Arora clan???? The google search [5] gives zero result for King Rdrayan & Arora.

The google search [6] Arora as Kshatriya gives zero result???? Why then Arora claim to be kshatriya. They are Banias trader class. Jethwarp (talk) 15:52, 2 August 2011 (UTC) ror,arora[[7]]Bhavinkundaliya (talk) 18:45, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that a quick way to resolve this would be to provide some reliable sources for them being Bania. Can you do this? - Sitush (talk) 20:16, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, no need. I've done a "first pass" through the article over the last few hours and it is clear that the thing has been incredibly puffed up. I will try to tidy things and then try to build on the content in a policy-compliant manner. Everyone is, of course, welcome to assist. - Sitush (talk) 00:29, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The 2nd paragraph "they are traditionally a Kshatriya community". It is unsourced and only the name of Jain(credentials?) is given. They are actually a Shudra low caste or at the maximum a Vaishya caste.

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=4bfmnmsBfQ4C&pg=PA1746&lpg=PA1746&dq=aroras+shudra&source=bl&ots=HGsiqcC7PJ&sig=R0eTZFBg_b5A5qCMIBPOVwT5fzA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ce27UJK9H8LtrQeznIHgCQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBTge#v=onepage&q=aroras%20shudra&f=false

Please change it.

No personal attacks. Focus on the content and not the contributor!!! I have provided sourced link for them being Vaisya!!! While there exists no Kshatriya source. SO I kindly request you to make the relevant changes!!! 106.67.21.191 (talk) 00:11, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]