HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Sanchi
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Junagarh
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Mathura
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Bhitari
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bhitari pillar inscription states that Skandagupta defeated the Hunas: (Skandagupta), “by whose two arms the earth was shaken, when he, the creator (of a disturbance like that) of a terrible whirlpool, joined in close conflict with the Hûnas; . . . . . .
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gupta king had to face the first Huna invasion is Kumaragupta I. Kumaragupta I, otherwise called Shakraditya and Mahendraditya was a sovereign of the Gupta Empire in 415–455 CE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Skandagupta was the first Gupta king to face the Hunas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The inscription defines reign of Skandagupta as peaceful and describes him as “commandar of a hundred kings". The inscription also has an adoration to Arihant of Jainism.