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During the Hun invasion, the '''Battle of the Indus River (458)''' along the [[Indus river]] took place which resulted in [[Skandagupta]] checking the advances of the [[Hunas]], along with heavy losses for the Hunas.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=William Bayne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ko_RafMSGLkC |title=The Cambridge History of Iran |last2=Yarshater |first2=Ehsan |date=1968 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-20092-9 |language=en|page=214}}</ref><ref>{{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>{{efn|"In their second attempt, which took place in the initial years of the reign of [[Skandagupta]], these barbarians shook the foundation of the empire, though somehow [[Skandagupta]] ultimately succeeded in checking the tide of their progress." {{sfnp|S. R. Goyal|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DgIXnQEACAAJ]280–281}}}} | |||
{{Infobox military conflict | |||
| conflict = Battle of Indus River | |||
| image = | |||
| partof = [[Gupta–Hunnic Wars]] & [[Hun Invasion of India]] | |||
| date = 458 | |||
| place = [[Indus River]] (Modern day [[India]], [[Pakistan]]) | |||
| result = [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] victory | |||
| territory = [[Hephthalites|Hunnic]] Invasion of [[India]] was halted | |||
| combatant2 = [[Hephthalites]] | |||
| combatant1 = [[File:Gupta Dynasty Flag.webp|22px|border]] [[Gupta Empire]] | |||
| commander2 = Unknown | |||
| commander1 = [[File:Gupta Dynasty Flag.webp|22px|border]] [[Skandagupta]] | |||
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}} | |||
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| header=Bhitari pillar of Skandagupta | |||
| image1 = Bhitari pillar of Skandagupta.jpg | |||
| image2 = Bhitari pillar.jpg | |||
| footer=The Bhitari pillar of [[Skandagupta]] | |||
}} | |||
The Bhitari pillar inscription states that [[Skandagupta]] defeated the [[Hunas]]:{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=73}} | |||
{{quote|([[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 [[Huna people|Hûnas]]; . . . . . . among enemies . . . . . . arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . proclaimed . . . . . . . . . . . . just as if it were the roaring of (the river) [[Ganges|Ganga]], making itself noticed in (their) ears." | Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta Line 15}} | |||