The First Indo-Hunnic War

“He (Prakāśadharman) bears the royal glory, which brings auspicious results, in order to benefit the world and not to increase (his own) pleasure...” Richard Salomon's translation of a verse from the Rīsthal Inscription of Prakāśadharman, the later Aulikara ruler, dated 515 CE.1 If we try to classify the timeline of the Indo-Hunnic relations, it can …

Gupta-Hūṇa Relations: A Study

THE north-western frontier of the Indian sub-continent throughout it's history has been an entry point for the invading armies. The first major historical invasion which resulted in the loss of territory to India was the Achaemenid invasion during the great expansion by it's king Cyrus around 535 BCE. It made inroads into our territory and …