Multiple choice

Which one of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India?

  1. Kumaragupta

  2. Samduragpta

  3. Skandagupta

  4. Chandragupta
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Explanation

Skandagupta (c. 455-467 CE) was one of the last great Gupta emperors who successfully repelled the Hun invasions. His military campaigns against the Huns (specifically the Pushyamitras and later the Huns themselves) are documented in the Bhitari pillar inscription. This defense, however, weakened the Gupta Empire economically.

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