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26 Οκτ 2024 · Gupta dynasty, rulers of a vast empire established in the Indian subcontinent in the 4th century CE, often regarded as the golden age of India in terms of cultural and intellectual achievements. After a sustained invasion of the Hunas, the dynasty came to an end in the 6th century.
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Hephthalite, member of a people important in the history of...
- Hephthalite
16 Σεπ 2019 · After him, lesser emperors, including Narasimha Gupta, Kumaragupta II, Buddhagupta, and Vishnugupta, ruled over the decline of the Gupta Empire. Although the late Gupta ruler Narasimhagupta managed to drive the Huns out of northern India in 528 CE, the effort and expense doomed the dynasty.
By his death in 380 CE, Samudragupta had incorporated over 20 kingdoms into his realm and extended the Gupta Empire from the Himalayas to the Narmada River in central India and from the Brahmaputra River to the Yamuna—the longest tributary of the Ganges River in northern India.
At any rate, Skanda Gupta died in 467, and dissension arose within the royal family. Benefiting from this dissention, governors of provinces and feudal chieftains revolted against Gupta rule. For a while the Gupta Empire had two centers: at Valabhi on the western coast and at Pataliputra toward the east.
Narendra Sen attacked the territories of the empire in Malwa, Kosala and Mekhala during the period of Budha Gupta which weakened the authority of the Guptas in Madhva Pradesh and Bundelkhand. Afterwards, the Vakataka ruler Hansen also attacked the boundaries of the empire.
Even the Gupta dynasty was in danger on the death of a king. In these transitions of power, when a youth took his place on the Gupta throne, unknown and untested, some subordinate kings took this opportunity to rebel and try to break away from Gupta rule.
27 Σεπ 2020 · The White Huns, those who invaded the Gupta Empire during the reign of Kumaragupta, were also known as the Hephthalites, and caused great damage to the failing Gupta Empire. Skandagupta died in 467 CE, and was followed onto the throne by his half-brother, Purugupta, who ruled from 467-473 CE.
