GUPTAS:
Narasimha Gupta Baladitya was an emperor of the of Gupta Empire.
He was son of Puru Gupta and probably the successor of Budhagupta
According to the Chinese monk, Xuanzhang, Narasimhagupta had to pay tribute to the Huna king, Mihirakula. Finally, Baladitya along Yashodharman of Aulikara Dynasty of Malwa is credited with driving the Huns from the plains of North India according to the Chinese monk . Narasimha Gupta's governor in Malwa, Bhanugupta may also have been involved in this conflict.
The Battle of Sondani was a large military encounter fought in 528 CE, between the Huns and a confederation of Indian rulers led by Yashodharman and Narasimha Gupta Baladitya.
When Skanda Gupta came to the throne in the spring of 455, he encountered a sea of troubles. The invasion of the savage Huns, who poured down from the steppes of Central Asia through the north-western passes, and carried devastation over the plains and crowded cities of India. Skanda Gupta, a man of mature years and ripe experience, proved equal to the need and inflicted upon the barbarians a defeat so decisive that India was saved for a time.
It is evident that this great victory over the Huns must have been gained at the very beginning of Skanda Gupta's new reign because another inscription, executed in the year 457, recites Skanda Gupta's defeat of the barbarians, and recognizes his undisputed possession of the peninsula of Surashtra (Kathiawar), at the extreme western extremity of the empire
HUNS:
Mihirakula (dubbed by historians as "Attila of India") sometimes referred to as Mihiragula or Mahiragula, was the second and last king of northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent between 502 and 530 CE. He was a son and Successor to King Toramana of Hun heritage. His father ruled the Indian part of the Hephthalite (White Hun) Empire and Mihirakula ruled from his capital of Sagala. {The Male Lead of my story, Mihirana, is loosely based on Mihirakula but he is mostly a fictional character and he is a much better man than Mihirakula - I wanted to use the classic romance trope of "Heartless Man Tamed By Love"}
The Huna king Toramana was cruel and barbaric, his son Mihirakula even more so, during their rule. Mihirakula who was a bloodthirsty tyrant who had conquered Sindh by 520 CE, he had a large elephant and cavalry-driven army.
The Huns were of various types - Alchon Huns (to which Mihirakula belongs to), Hephthalite Huns (White Huns), Kidarite Huns and Nezak Huns - {in this story, I have amalgamated all the Huns to form one single entity}
Hunas or Huna was the name given by the ancient Indians to a group of tribes who, via the Khyber Pass entered the Indian subcontinent at the end of the 5th or early 6th century. The Hunas occupied areas as far south as Eran and Kausambhi, greatly weakening the Gupta Empire.
The Huns occupied a vast territory - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar in India. Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhthukwa and Balochistan in Pakistan.
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Embrace the Snow
Romance"Hailing from Malwa, Nila was used to a riot of colours in both natural and manmade. Here, in the snow-covered landscape, everything had seemed a monochrome of white to her. Today, without anything to protect her from the cold, she could feel thousa...
