Skandagupta

Skandagupta was an Indian Gupta Emperor. According to the inscription on his Bhitari pillar, he restored Gupta power by defeating his enemies, who could have been rebels or foreign invaders. He repelled an Indo-Hephthalites (Hunas in India) invasion, most likely the Kidarites. He appears to have kept control of his inherited domain, and he is widely regarded as the last of the great Gupta Emperors. After him, the Gupta genealogy is unclear, but Purugupta, who appears to be his half-brother, was most likely his successor.Skandagupta was the son of Kumaragupta I, the Gupta emperor. Kumaragupta’s mother could have been a junior queen or a concubine. This theory is based on the fact that Skandagputa’s inscriptions include his father’s name but not his mother’s.