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+{{Infobox military conflict
+| conflict          = First Battle of Eran
+| image             = {{Location map+
+|South Asia
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+|caption    = {{center|[[Find spot]]s of epigraphic inscriptions (red dots) indicating local control by the Alchon Huns in India between 500 and 530 CE,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bakker |first=Hans T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDxTzQEACAAJ |title=The Alkhan: A Hunnic People in South Asia |date=2020-03-12 |publisher=Barkhuis |isbn=978-94-93194-00-7 |language=en}}{{page needed|date=December 2024}}</ref> with neighbouring polities,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E.|author-link=Joseph E. Schwartzberg |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=25 |isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=062}}</ref> and territorial extent of the Alchon Huns (brown).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E.|author-link=Joseph E. Schwartzberg |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=145, map XIV.1 (k)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=182}}</ref>}}
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+{{location map~ |South Asia |lat=23.5|N |long=78.16|E |label=[[Eran boar inscription of Toramana|<span class="mw-no-invert" span style="color:#4F311CFF">Eran</span>]] |position=top |label_size=70|marksize=5}}
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+}}
+| partof            = First Hunnic War
+| date              = 498 CE
+| place             = [[Eran]] (Modern day [[India]])
+| coordinates       = {{Coord|24.0890|N|78.1650|E|region:IT_type:event_scale:50000|display=inline,title}}
+| result            = [[Alchon Huns|Hunnic]] victory
+| territory         = [[Malwa]] fell to the [[Alchon Huns|Hunas]]
+| combatant2        = [[Alchon Huns]]
+| combatant1        = [[Gupta Empire]]
+| commander2        = [[Toramana]]<br>Harigupta<br>Bhuta
+| commander1        = [[Budhagupta]]<br>Suraśmicandra<br>[[Mātṛviṣṇu]]{{KIA}}<br>[[Dhanyaviṣṇu]]{{Surrender}}
+| strength1         =
+| strength2         =
+| casualties1       =
+| casualties2       =
+| map_type          = South Asia
+| map_mark          = Big battle symbol.svg
+| map_marksize      = 15
+| map_relief        = yes
+| map_size          = 300px
+| map_caption       = Location of the battle within India
+}}
+The '''First Battle of Eran'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bakker |first=Hans T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDxTzQEACAAJ |title=The Alkhan: A Hunnic People in South Asia |date=2020-03-12 |publisher=Barkhuis |isbn=978-94-93194-00-7 |page=33 |language=en |quote=Alkhan invasion in Western India in first year of the reign of Mahārājādhirāja Toramāna First Battle of Eran (Betwā Valley), in which [[Mātṛviṣṇu]] is probably killed. His younger brother [[Dhanyaviṣṇu]] installs a Varāhamūrti in Eran (SB X.032).}}</ref> was a key engagement of the First Hunnic War that took place in 498 CE at Airikana ([[Eran]]), [[India]]. It was fought between the [[Gupta Empire]] and the invading army of [[Alchon Huns]]. The battle involved the Emperor [[Budhagupta]], his viceroys, and [[Toramana]], an acclaimed [[Alchon Huns|Hunnic]] king. The confrontation had significant consequences for the political and territorial situation in the region. The conflict concluded with a victory for the [[Alchon Huns]] that influenced subsequent events in the region.<ref>{{Cite book |last=S. R. Goyal |url=https://archive.org/details/goyal-1967_202412 |title=A history of the Imperial Guptas. With a Foreword by R. C. Majumdar. |date=1967 |pages=337–342}}</ref>