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{{Infobox military conflict | |||
| conflict = Hun invasion of India | |||
| image = Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta.jpg | |||
| caption = [[Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta]] | |||
| partof = [[Gupta–Hunnic Wars]], Sasanian–Gupta conflicts and Gupta–Kushan conflicts | |||
| date = 450s–460s<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schmidt |first=Karl J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqdzCQAAQBAJ&dq=samudragupta+conquered+afghanistan&pg=PA24 |title=An Atlas and Survey of South Asian History |date=2015-05-20 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47681-8 |language=en|page=25}}</ref> or 453–459<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bakker |first=Hans T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfpPEAAAQBAJ&dq=skandagupta+defeated+kushans+sasanians&pg=PA31 |title=The Alkhan: A Hunnic People in South Asia |date=2020-03-31 |publisher=Barkhuis |isbn=978-94-93194-06-9 |language=en|page=31}}</ref> | |||
| place = Northwestern frontiers and [[Northwest India]] | |||
| result = [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] victory{{efn|{{quote|...whose [Skandagupta's] fame, moreover, even [his] enemies, in the countries of the [[mleccha|mlechchhas]]... having their pride broken down to the very root, announce with the words "verily the victory has been achieved by him." | [[Junagadh]] inscription{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=73}} }}}}{{efn|"[[Kumaragupta I|Kumāra Gupta I]], thus, seems to have been engaged in the encounters with the barbarians, during the concluding years of his reign. The earliest invasion was successfully repulsed by the Crown Prince, [[Skandagupta|Skanda Gupta]], but later on the strain of continued warfare was acutely felt by the treasury and the emperor was compelled to issue coins of impure gold. No inscription of [[Kumaragupta I|Kumāra Gupta I.]], however, gives us the chronology or other information regarding the wars with the barbarians. In the meanwhile [[Kumaragupta I|Kumāra Gupta I.]], died in 455 -56 A. D. and the credit of restoring the deteriorating fortunes of the dynasty goes exclusively to [[Skandagupta|Skanda Gupta]]."{{sfnp|R N Dandekar|1941|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iMpGAAAAIAAJ]100}}}}{{efn|"When [[Skandagupta]] assumed the throne, he almost immediately faced an internal conflict with the [[Pushyamitras]] whose challenge to the new [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] Emperor was crushed only after a bloody fight. Externally, the [[Hunas]] (Huns) presented another challenge. From their base at [[Herat]] in [[Afghanistan]], the [[Hunas]] had invaded [[Persia]] and began to encroach on [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] territory. [[Skandagupta]] fended off their attacks and forced them to abondon their plans of conquest for the next fifty years."{{sfnp|Karl J. Schmidt|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=BqdzCQAAQBAJ&dq=samudragupta+conquered+afghanistan&pg=PA24]24}}}} | |||
| territory = [[Gupta Empire]] imposed suzerainty over the [[Indus]] basin{{efn|"'''THE SECOND HUNA INVASION'''<br/>The attitude of the imperial [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]] towards the North-West presents a very interesting problem for the students of their history. It is quite apparent that they had the power and resources to incorporate the [[Indus]] basin in their empire ; but they did nothing more than imposing a vague sort of suzerainty over it which did not last very long."{{sfnp|S. R. Goyal|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DgIXnQEACAAJ]277}}}} | |||
| combatant1 = [[Hepthalites]]<br/>[[Kidarites]] ([[Kushans]])<br/>[[Sassanians|Sasanians]] | |||
| combatant2 = [[File:Gupta Dynasty Flag.webp|22px|border]] [[Gupta Empire]] | |||
| commander1 = 3 unknown [[Hepthalite]] kings{{POW}} & {{executed}} (possibly)<ref>"The young son of Mahendrasena led his father's army of two hundred thousand men against the enemy whose soldiers numbered three hundred thousand. The prince however, broke the enemy army and won the battle. On his return his father crown him saying "henceforth rule the kingdom," and himself retired to religious life. For twelve years after this, '''the new king fought these foreign enemies, and ultimately captured and executed the three kings.' It has been suggested that this story gives an account of the fight between [[Skandagupta|Skanda-Gupta]] and the [[Hunas|Hūṇas]]''' (IHIJ. 36)." {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZYwAAAAMAAJ |title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The classical age |date=1951 |publisher=G. Allen & Unwin |language=en|page=27}}</ref><br/>Nirmūka | |||
| commander2 = [[File:Gupta Dynasty Flag.webp|22px|border]] [[Kumaragupta I]]<br>[[File:Gupta Dynasty Flag.webp|22px|border]] [[Skandagupta]] | |||
| strength1 = 300,000 [[Hepthalite]] soldiers (possibly)<ref>"The young son of Mahendrasena led his father's army of two hundred thousand men against '''the enemy whose soldiers numbered three hundred thousand'''. The prince however, broke the enemy army and won the battle. On his return his father crown him saying "henceforth rule the kingdom," and himself retired to religious life. For twelve years after this, the new king fought these foreign enemies, and ultimately captured and executed the three kings.' It has been suggested that this story gives an account of the fight between [[Skandagupta|Skanda-Gupta]] and the [[Hunas|Hūṇas]] (IHIJ. 36)." {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZYwAAAAMAAJ |title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The classical age |date=1951 |publisher=G. Allen & Unwin |language=en|page=27}}</ref> | |||
| strength2 = 200,000 men (possibly)<ref>"'''The young son of Mahendrasena led his father's army of two hundred thousand men''' against the enemy whose soldiers numbered three hundred thousand. The prince however, broke the enemy army and won the battle. On his return his father crown him saying "henceforth rule the kingdom," and himself retired to religious life. For twelve years after this, the new king fought these foreign enemies, and ultimately captured and executed the three kings.' It has been suggested that this story gives an account of the fight between [[Skandagupta|Skanda-Gupta]] and the [[Hunas|Hūṇas]] (IHIJ. 36)." {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZYwAAAAMAAJ |title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The classical age |date=1951 |publisher=G. Allen & Unwin |language=en|page=27}}</ref> | |||
| casualties1 = Heavy losses for the [[Hepthalites]]<ref>" A decisive battle along the river inflicted '''heavy losses''' and checked the advance of the "[[White Huns]]." " {{Cite book |last=Jaques |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ss5drgEACAAJ |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century |date=2007 |publisher=Miegunyiah Press |isbn=978-0-522-85336-0 |language=en|page=471}}</ref> | |||
| casualties2 = unknown | |||
}} | |||
'''Skandagupta's war with the invaders''' were a series of invasions by the invading hoardes of Hunas, Kidarites (Kushans) and Sassanians (Pahlavas). They were eventually defeated and repelled by the young King, Skandagupta. | |||