The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c6.27

c6.27

Skandagupta had suppressed the rebellion of the Pushyamitras before his accession, but fresh troubles soon cropped up. There was a serious invasion of the empire by the Hūṇas from the north-west. The imperial armies were again hard pressed in meeting the new menace; one record describes how the earth was shaken to its very foundations, when the opposing armies met in a deadly conflict. Skandagupta was able to drive back the invasion, but most probably the Eastern Punjab could not be recovered. Peace and order was however maintained in the rest of the empire during the reign of Skandagupta.