SKANDAGUPTA in brief
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Skandagupta succeeded his father Kumaragupta I as the ruler of Gupta empire. He ruled from 455 A.D. to 467 A.D. His rule was marked by wars against the Pushyamitras and the Hunas. He had defeated the Hunas once as the crown-prince but the penetration of the Hunas into the Indian territories continued.
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Explanation: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 repulsed an invasion by the Indo-Hephthalites,The titles of Skandagupta are Parambhattaraka, Paramdevta, Maharajadhiraj, Kramaditya, Vikramaditya, etc. In the Kahaum inscription he is also known as KsitipaSatapatih (or lord of a hundred kings).Skandagupta defeated them again in about 460 A.D. and they did not attack the Gupta Empire for nearly fifty years. According to some sources it is believed that most important competitor of Skandagupta was his stepbrother Purugupta. He was the son of queen Anantadevi.