HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Samudra Gupta
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Chandra Gupta II
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Skandagupta
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Skandagupta 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. He saved empire from Huna tribe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hunas were ultimately defeated by a coalition of Indian princes that included an Indian king Yasodharman and the Gupta emperor, Narasimhagupta. They defeated a Huna army and their ruler Mihirakula in 528 CE and drove them out of India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Skandagupta successfully defeated the Hunas. The repeated war between the Guptas and the Hunas increased the power of the Gupta dynasty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Skandagupta was the first Gupta king to face the Hunas.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Gupta king who had to face the first Huna invasion was Kumaragupta I. His reign lasted for 40 years between CE 415 – 455 and was one of the last great emperors of the Gupta Dynasty.