Post by kuldeepadhana on Oct 1, 2006 4:03:36 GMT -5
Huns (White Huns)
The Hephthalites (In Greek), also known as White Huns, were a nomadic people who lived across northern China, Central Asia, and northern India in the fourth through sixth centuries. Hun is a Gurjar clan and is one of the largest tribes of Gurjar.
Boundaries
From the valley of Oxus, the white Huns, as they referred to in the Greek accounts, advanced towards both Persia and India. The stream towards India assailed the Kushan Kingdom of Kabul and then poured into the north Indian plains. However, Skandagupta repelled their attack in 455 A.D., and India saved for a while.
But about 465 A.D. Fresh Swarms of the Huns poured across the frontier, overwhelmed the kingdom of Gandhara or Peshawar and starting from that base attacked Skanda Gupta into the heart of his dominions. The gupta forces succumbed to the repeated attacks of the Huns and probably after the death of Skand Gupta, the Gupta Empire was overthrown, though it survived for a few generations after this, in diminished form.
The collapse of the Persian opposition in 484 A.D. when the Huns killed the Persian King Firoz, must have greatly facilitated the crossing of the immense multitudes of Huns to the Indian frontier. Thus, the invasion of the Huns in India is a process that covered at least about 50 years from 455 to 500 A.D., with a short break of about ten years due to their first defeat at the hands of Skanda Gupta.
By 500 A.D. the extensive Huna-Empire established, that stretched from Gandhara to Malva and covering part of Ganga valley too. The coins of the Huns Chief Toraman indicate his rule over parts of Uttar-Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Kashmir. He assumed the title of "Maharajadhiraj". He was a Shaiva and allowed the administration of the Guptas to continue under his sway as before.
The duration of Huna-Empire in India seems to be too short; at the most it lasted for thirty years.
Main Hun rulers
Tormana – First Hun ruler in India
Mihirkula
The Hephthalites (In Greek), also known as White Huns, were a nomadic people who lived across northern China, Central Asia, and northern India in the fourth through sixth centuries. Hun is a Gurjar clan and is one of the largest tribes of Gurjar.
Boundaries
From the valley of Oxus, the white Huns, as they referred to in the Greek accounts, advanced towards both Persia and India. The stream towards India assailed the Kushan Kingdom of Kabul and then poured into the north Indian plains. However, Skandagupta repelled their attack in 455 A.D., and India saved for a while.
But about 465 A.D. Fresh Swarms of the Huns poured across the frontier, overwhelmed the kingdom of Gandhara or Peshawar and starting from that base attacked Skanda Gupta into the heart of his dominions. The gupta forces succumbed to the repeated attacks of the Huns and probably after the death of Skand Gupta, the Gupta Empire was overthrown, though it survived for a few generations after this, in diminished form.
The collapse of the Persian opposition in 484 A.D. when the Huns killed the Persian King Firoz, must have greatly facilitated the crossing of the immense multitudes of Huns to the Indian frontier. Thus, the invasion of the Huns in India is a process that covered at least about 50 years from 455 to 500 A.D., with a short break of about ten years due to their first defeat at the hands of Skanda Gupta.
By 500 A.D. the extensive Huna-Empire established, that stretched from Gandhara to Malva and covering part of Ganga valley too. The coins of the Huns Chief Toraman indicate his rule over parts of Uttar-Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Kashmir. He assumed the title of "Maharajadhiraj". He was a Shaiva and allowed the administration of the Guptas to continue under his sway as before.
The duration of Huna-Empire in India seems to be too short; at the most it lasted for thirty years.
Main Hun rulers
Tormana – First Hun ruler in India
Mihirkula
