History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s4.13

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94. Thus with the end of the Gupta overlordship the fortunes of the Vākāṭaka family took a different turn. Prithivisheṇa II rescued the family fortunes in the days of the disruption of the Gupta Empire. Harisheṇa, son of Devasena, succeeded to the whole of the Vākāṭaka territory, both their home provinces and feudatory dominions. He showed great vigour and re-established the Vākāṭaka Empire. From the time of the death of Skanda Gupta, the Vākāṭakas become a wholly independent power. At this period they seem to exhibit great recuperating capacity and hold their own in a period of revolution and political changes in the Empire of India. All the three princes Narendrasena, Prithivisheṇa II and Harisheṇa were capable and successful rulers. Harisheṇa's rule ended about 520 A.D. The later history of the Vākāṭakas is lost.