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During this period kings of three distinguished dynasties reigned in the country. The Gupta empire in its entirety dates from the reign of Samudragupta (326—375), more accurately from the reign of Chandragupta II (375—413). The seventh or last emperor of the Gupta dynasty is Skandagupta. The imperial authority of the Guptas perished with Skandagupta (455—480), and the empire broke up, although the dynasty continued till about the middle of the seventh century or perhaps a little later. The Chālukyas came into power in the south at the beginning of the sixth century after the fall of the Guptas, and remained powerful till about the middle of the eighth century, when the government of the Chālukya dominions passed into the hands of the Rāshtrakūṭas for more than two hundred