Post-Gupta polities

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The Gupta Empire began to disintegrate at the end of the 5th century. Magadha and its capital Pataliputra also lost their importance with the end of the imperial Guptas. Therefore, the period after the Gupta period was very turbulent in natural terms. After the fall of the Guptas, five major powers were spread in North India. These powers were as follows:

Hun: Hun was a rare species of Central Asia that arrived in India. During the reign of Kumaragupta, the Huns first invaded India. However, during the Kumaragupta and Skandagupta dynasties they could not succeed in entering India. The Hunas ruled India for a very short period of thirty years. The dominance of the Huns was established in North India. Toraman was one of his best rulers while Mihirakul was the most powerful and cultured ruler.

 

Maukhari: The area around Kannauj in western Uttar Pradesh was occupied by the Maukharis. He also conquered some part of Magadha. Gradually, he later overthrew the Guptas and forced them to go to Malwa.

Maitrak: Probably most of the Maitrakas were of Iranian origin and ruled in Saurashtra region of Gujarat with the capital as Vallabhi. Vallabhi became a center of education, culture and trade and commerce under the guidance of Bhatrak. It protected the Arabs for the longest time.

Pushyabhuti: Thaneshwar (northern part of Delhi) was the capital of Pushyabhuti. Prabhakar Vardhan was the most distinguished ruler of this dynasty who held the title of Param Bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja. He had a matrimonial alliance with the Maukharis. The matrimonial alliance strengthened both empires. Harshvardhan belonged to this gotra.

Gaud: The Gaudas ruled a region of Bengal and the other four kingdoms were much less famous. Shashank was their most powerful and ambitious ruler. He attacked Grahavarman by killing the Mokharis and took Rajyashree into custody.

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