Skandagupta (Gupta script: Ska-nda-gu-pta, [2] r. c. 455-467) was a Gupta Emperor of India. His Bhitari pillar inscription suggests that he restored the Gupta power by defeating his enemies, who may have been rebels or foreign invaders. He repulsed an invasion by the Indo-Hephthalites (known as Hunas in India), probably the Kidarites. He seems ...

2023年11月6日 · As the last of the great Gupta Emperors, Skandagupta’s tenure was marked not by the flourishing peace of his predecessors but by relentless invasions and internal strife. But who was this ruler, and what indelible marks did he leave on the sands of India’s storied history?

Skanda Gupta (c. 455–467), who succeeded Kumara Gupta, and his successors all had to face the full-fledged invasion of the Hunas. Skanda Gupta managed to rally Gupta strength for a while, but after his death the situation deteriorated. Dissensions within the royal family added to… Chatbot answers are created from Britannica articles using AI.

2024年10月15日 · Skandagupta (r. 455–467) was an Indian Gupta Emperor. According to the inscription on his Bhitari pillar, he restored Gupta supremacy across the subcontinent by defeating his enemies, who could have been rebels or foreign invaders. He repelled an invasion by the Indo-Hephthalites (known as Hunas in India), who were most likely the Kidarites.

The Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta was discovered in the village of Bhitari near Saidpur in Uttar Pradesh and dates to the reign of Gupta Empire (Gop Empire, Gop in Sanskrit and Gupt in Pali) ruler Skandagupta (c. 455 – c. 467 CE). Further, the …

2021年8月6日 · His name was Skanda Gupta Vikramaditya who defeated the central Asian invaders so badly that they did not dare to attack India again in the reign of Skanda Gupta. Note: Do you know that Mughals also came from central Asia? How Mughals came to …

Skandagupta (Sanskrit: स्कन्दगुप्त) (died 467) was a Gupta Emperor of northern India. People do not know who his ancestors were. He faced some of the greatest challenges in the annals of the empire having to contend with the Pushyamitras and the Hunas (a name by which the "White Huns" were known in India). He died in 467. [1]

Skandagupta (Gupta script: File:Gupta ashoka sk.jpg File:Gupta allahabad nd.jpg File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg Ska-nda-gu-pta, r. c. 455-467) was a Gupta Emperor of northern India. His Bhitari pillar inscription suggests that he restored the Gupta power by defeating his enemies, who may have been rebels or foreign invaders.

Skandagupta was an Indian Gupta Emperor. According to the inscription on his Bhitari pillar, he restored Gupta power by defeating his enemies, who could have been rebels or foreign invaders. He repelled an Indo-Hephthalites (Hunas in India) invasion, most likely the Kidarites.

Skandagupta inflicted such a terrible defeat upon the Hunas that they dared not disturb the empire for nearly half a century. It was a magnificent achievement for which he assumed the title Vikramaditya in imitation of his grandfather.