When the Gupta Empire fought the Huns | Gupta-Huns Wars

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2022
  • In this video, I will talk about the conflict between the Gupta and the Huns. From the reign of Chandragupta II to the reign of Skandagupta, how the Guptas fought with the Huns will be discussed in this video.
    Reference
    1. The Alkan A Hunnic People in South Asia by Hans T Bakker
    2. The Political History of the Hunas in India by Atreyi Biswas
    3. History of Civilization of Central Asia Vol 3
    4. The World of the Skandapurāṇa by Hans T. Bakker
    5. Two curious 'Kidarite' coin types from 5th century Kashmir by Joe Cribbs and Karan Singh
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  • @parjanyashukla176
    @parjanyashukla176 9 месяцев назад +31

    This period is pure Bollywood material.

    • @thestormbreaker6221
      @thestormbreaker6221 6 месяцев назад +16

      The whole gupta period is a pure Bollywood material in itself , especially the campaigns of valiant king Samudragupta ..... Like how he subdued all the greatest powers of that time such as pallavas and vakatakas is really something else ..... It would be the scene of full goosebumps when he returns to his kingdom to perform ashwamedh yagya .

    • @AbhayPeshin
      @AbhayPeshin 5 месяцев назад +2

      Please don't give them any idea 😂😂😢

    • @Phoenix-wh2bn
      @Phoenix-wh2bn 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@thestormbreaker6221 Bhagwan : you can't catch me like that

    • @thestormbreaker6221
      @thestormbreaker6221 5 месяцев назад

      @@Phoenix-wh2bn Ahh sorry sir I don't get your joke ....

    • @elementalbendingmaster3536
      @elementalbendingmaster3536 3 месяца назад

      Tollywood will do a better job

  • @henripentant1120
    @henripentant1120 Год назад +16

    Yess I need more of this in my life really fascinated with the hepthalites huna the guptas but not a lot of accessible history in detail. Thanks!

  • @Ryuezaki
    @Ryuezaki Год назад +2

    Excellent video

  • @manthanpandya7501
    @manthanpandya7501 Год назад +17

    Please make video on Gupta empire temple architecture and other art. How did Gupta maintain religious balance between Hinduism and Buddhism? Also video for end of Gupta rule with later Guptas

    • @avik4343
      @avik4343 Год назад +7

      I dont think that guptas maintained any balance between hinduism and buuddhism. The Gupta Emperors were staunch Hindus who profoundly promoted hinduism( vaishnava sect).

    • @manthanpandya7501
      @manthanpandya7501 Год назад +4

      @@avik4343 they also equally contributed for Buddhist art and education institution
      There was no mention from Buddhist sources that Gupta's were against them like Shungas

    • @avik4343
      @avik4343 Год назад +6

      @@manthanpandya7501 sanchi stupta was renovated and enlarged by the shungas themselves. Shungas were villified by Buddhists just like Shashanka because they did not supported it. No historians agree with the statement that shungas prosecuted normal Buddhists. But they sure executed those traitor Buddhists who supported the Greek invaders Demetrius and menander.

    • @avik4343
      @avik4343 Год назад +2

      @@manthanpandya7501 there was nothing called Buddhist institutions. They had nothing to do with Buddhism. Vedas, puranas , Upanishads etc were taught in those institutions. The professors were mostly Hindu, that too Brahmins.

    • @avik4343
      @avik4343 Год назад +2

      @@manthanpandya7501 The Gupta's supported art and literature. If you see any Gupta pillar or anything with Buddhist and Jain images, then most likely that area had significant non Hindu population.

  • @kraut1982
    @kraut1982 Год назад +12

    Hey a request Jay, please summarize Indian history in a sequence from the earliest to latest. Since you are coming close to your 100 videos. A 2-5 episode summary will be very helpful. You can link your various videos in this marathon session. But please use a timeline fixed for constant reference on the one side of screen.

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +10

      Thanks for the suggestion. I will do a summary of the period that I've covered. Just like I did with the post-Mauryan India. After I've covered Ancient Indian history, then I will do a small series summarising the whole period.

  • @raginisingh2251
    @raginisingh2251 Год назад

    V. Informative video

  • @menajeyaram4653
    @menajeyaram4653 9 месяцев назад

    Good focus, well narrated. 7:47 They came to Malabar in the 2nd century AD and set up agraham, a municiiality. Sometime in 6th CE they set base in Mannargudi and soon took
    Control of the inland trade and resources. For the Hans to be everywhere in South and East Asia is because they provided management services to the locals and eventually managed to take full control jointly with the priest kings. While they take the resources and knowledge of a place, they themselves leave no trail so there is little info about them.

  • @yugmathakkar4023
    @yugmathakkar4023 Год назад +5

    4:54 From what I know tho, the Kidarites were a seperate group of huns, and had nothing to do with Attila the Hun, who was attacking Rome at that time.

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +9

      As of yet, we don't know the relationship between the Kidarites and Attila. But according to some scholars, the fact that soon after the death of Attila, the Guptas and the Sassanids began their campaign against the Kidarites suggests some connection. Whether there was a military connection between the two Hunnic groups is difficult to tell. For more information, you can read Hans Bakker's work that I have listed in my reference.

    • @yugmathakkar4023
      @yugmathakkar4023 Год назад +2

      @@JayVardhanSingh I'll be sure to check it out. Thank you for the reply!

  • @Abhishek_India123
    @Abhishek_India123 6 месяцев назад +2

    जय बनिया सम्राट समुद्र गुप्ता ❤

  • @vaibhavsingh4200
    @vaibhavsingh4200 5 месяцев назад +2

    Ligter skin tone and Caucasian facial features of a particular area is directly related to the foreign tribes influx into that area.
    As people of punjab Rajasthan in General are fairer and taller than people of bihar bengal odisa.

  • @akk7791
    @akk7791 Год назад

    Nice

  • @amanprasad1345
    @amanprasad1345 Год назад +2

    Topic suggestions : when temple building started in India and which books talk about building temple and architecture of temple.

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад

      Thanks for the suggestion. Will soon do a video on this topic.

  • @amanprasad1345
    @amanprasad1345 Год назад +1

    Now I am your new subscriber

  • @aryanjaiswal8935
    @aryanjaiswal8935 Год назад +1

    Bro going on binge watch through your content..

  • @John_Rambo69
    @John_Rambo69 Год назад +3

    Professor I have 2 questions...
    What does the death of Attila have to do with Kedarites being attacked on 2 fronts? Whats the reason behind?
    And the second one is whats the difference between hephthalites and kedarites?
    Greatly appreciate ur response...

  • @avik4343
    @avik4343 Год назад +2

    Hey, pls can you make a video about the history of thrones in the indian subcontinent From the vedic period to the modern era.

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +4

      Will try to find some sources first. If I found sufficient source for a video, then surely do a video on this topic. Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @kraut1982
    @kraut1982 Год назад +3

    Great job Jay! You are consistently bringing good content. My question is who was ruling in the blank region on the map between Gupta and Sassanians? Mostly middle and lower Indus region, Sindh, Punjab, Rajasthan?
    Aslo would the Yaudhehas under Gupta be fighting the Huns in this period? Your video ruclips.net/video/O4YhgFHf6co/видео.html seems a good candidate for in video link.

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +3

      Difficult to answer. We don't really know about who were ruling this region. In Punjab, there is some evidence that small shaka kingdoms were present. But apart from that it is hard to know about the other powers.
      The republic of Punjab and the surrounding region came under the overlordship of the Gupta during the reign of Samudragupta. Whether they took part against the Huns is difficult to tell.

  • @tudastar4646
    @tudastar4646 Год назад +1

    Greetings from Hungary :)

  • @ramkrishnan8476
    @ramkrishnan8476 Год назад +2

    Did the Guptas have mounted archers?
    If they fought the huns they would certainly know how effective mounted archers were. Why did the Guptas or successive empires not have mounted archers?

    • @anirudh177
      @anirudh177 Год назад +5

      I remember reading that they did adopt mounted archers to some extent in their northwestern provinces, but they still primarily relied on melee cavalry and foot archers against the Huns.

  • @lakshminarayansrinivasaiah6540
    @lakshminarayansrinivasaiah6540 Месяц назад

    This pillar inscriptions are in what script?

  • @vikramdafauti
    @vikramdafauti Год назад

    Coin u showed at 0:45 most likely can be of Lord Rama……pls look that coin closely and think about it…… circle around Head plus Bow and Arrow plus all jewellery plus Dhoti at lower part of body

    • @avik4343
      @avik4343 Год назад +3

      He is chandragupta ll . It is inscribed in the coin

  • @KhushwantSCharan
    @KhushwantSCharan 11 часов назад

    Hun / Hoon ka uccharan theek nhi he sir.

  • @HhshhsHh-dw3qq
    @HhshhsHh-dw3qq 7 месяцев назад

    Were huns shaviks?

  • @beingpositive7861
    @beingpositive7861 Год назад +2

    Hindi m bnao Bhai jabardast hai video

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +7

      Thank you Bhai.
      Hindi mein ek channel shuru krunga aage chal kr.

  • @serkankinden5150
    @serkankinden5150 10 месяцев назад

    Each hunnic tribe called themselves different according to governing dynasty. Look at these hunnic tribes: yakut, soghut, soyot, sakit, sakha, sakir, sabir, sumer, kimmer, kengir, oghur, tagar, tatar, avar, volgar, bolgar, balkar, magyar, afshar, qashqai/kashgar, kachkar, altai/altar, azer, khazar, kazakh, karluk, turuk, turkmen, yürük, uruk, uzbek, kinik, bozok, uchok, hakas, kirgiz, oghuz, gagauz etc... Most of them finish with -ut, -ur, -ar, -ir, -iz, -uz, -uk, -ok which means mostly plural "-s" in english or means "we are" or "arrow" having synonim...

  • @kanhaibhatt913
    @kanhaibhatt913 Год назад +2

    क्या कभी भी गुप्ताओं ने वकटकों पर राज किया था ? क्या उनका राज महाराष्ट्र, पूरा पंजाब, और काबुल के क्षेत्र में था ?

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +3

      Nhi vakatakon pr kabhi nhi shashan tha. Maharashtra aur punjab ke kuch hisse Gupta samarajya mein jaroor aate the. Kabul pr kabhi unka raaj nhi thaa

    • @kanhaibhatt913
      @kanhaibhatt913 Год назад +1

      @@JayVardhanSingh acha, thanks bhai. Maine maps dekhe hai jinmein gandhar gupta samrajya mein dikhaya jaa raha hai

  • @manthanpandya7501
    @manthanpandya7501 Год назад +4

    Was region of Sindh and Kashmir ever ruled by Guptas?
    Here in a map the region of Sindh and Eastern Punjab and Rajasthan are not shown part of any kingdom why so?

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +6

      No, Kashmir wasn't part of the Gupta Empire. About Sindh, we haven't found any Gupta coins from this region. So I haven't included it in the Gupta Map.
      The Map is based on the spread of Gupta coinage. So those territories where we have found Gupta coins and inscriptions are included in this map as belonging to the Gupta empire.

    • @manthanpandya7501
      @manthanpandya7501 Год назад +4

      Thanks for letting me know about coins and maps
      If Samudragupt and Chandragupta extended empire till North and also had war with north West sides
      Extended in southern peninsula except Vakataka empire
      Then why not Sindh? Who was ruling there then? Wikipedia shows Gupta extent till Rajasthan border only.
      There was no way for southern extension North West was tough with emerging Huns
      So why not Sindh?
      If you can make a video on Pre Arab history of Sindh? Any proper source or book other than Chachnama for Sindh ?
      Thank you again

    • @aryanjaiswal8935
      @aryanjaiswal8935 Год назад +1

      @@manthanpandya7501 I mean you r ignoring the geo politics...Gupta's had many other foes who will always take advantage of Gupta's engaged in other conflict...not to mention the Sindh territory acted as a kind of buffer b/w Gupta's and Sassanids..

    • @aryanjaiswal8935
      @aryanjaiswal8935 Год назад

      @@zfst Maine kisi ka side nahi Kiya..balkii jo Satya hain wo bataya hain..

    • @manthanpandya7501
      @manthanpandya7501 Год назад +2

      @@aryanjaiswal8935 then my question is who was rulling sindh region during Gupta's age?

  • @Truthseeker838
    @Truthseeker838 Год назад +1

    Why hoons look so ugaly in their coins

  • @mmaannuu1199882
    @mmaannuu1199882 Год назад +2

    Good information, but would love to hear in Hindi.

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +1

      Will start a separate Hindi Channel in future.

  • @sarthakyadava
    @sarthakyadava Год назад +3

    I am a big fan of Atilla Han , wish more people knew about him

    • @terapeo2027
      @terapeo2027 Год назад

      You lucky they just found his grave with body in Romania

    • @John_Rambo69
      @John_Rambo69 Год назад +1

      You mean Attila the Hun*

    • @terapeo2027
      @terapeo2027 Год назад

      @@John_Rambo69 I think he’s Chinese so it’s Attila the Han

    • @John_Rambo69
      @John_Rambo69 Год назад

      @@terapeo2027 I thought the same 🤣 some random guy named atilla from han dynasty

    • @GiggityGig
      @GiggityGig 9 месяцев назад +1

      Huns were of turkic origin.

  • @mukeshjat7331
    @mukeshjat7331 Месяц назад

    Gupt are jat according to ..k.p jeswal and dr .dasrat sharma

  • @jyotirmayamohanty5723
    @jyotirmayamohanty5723 Год назад +2

    Hepthalites

  • @tseringsamdup6050
    @tseringsamdup6050 Год назад

    Huns are Tibetan people in Modern days.

  • @veeragurjar1482
    @veeragurjar1482 4 месяца назад +1

    Hun to gujjar hota ha

  • @akitodaisuke6532
    @akitodaisuke6532 Год назад +2

    Wanna know if rajputs were invaders

    • @JayVardhanSingh
      @JayVardhanSingh  Год назад +14

      I don't think so. Most of the Rajput groups aren't greatly different from other groups genetically.

    • @ayushkumarsingh3029
      @ayushkumarsingh3029 Год назад +4

      @@JayVardhanSingh Colonial historians and a group of indian historians led by bhandrakar did Claim rajputs were of hunic anscestry and huns converted to Rajputs after 7-8 century. But paramra rajput ruler sindhuraja [990 to 1010 ce ) have subjugated local huns rulers. This shows huns have their seperate identity even nearly 500 years after their invasiosn and rajputs are the descdants of the ancinet kshatriyas.

    • @nav9005
      @nav9005 Год назад

      @@ayushkumarsingh3029 maybe that loxal hun Ruler retained his identity but other hunnic groups got the new names.

    • @ayushkumarsingh3029
      @ayushkumarsingh3029 Год назад +1

      @@nav9005 that can never happen as indian varna system was rigidity and outsiders were not allowed. The hunnic origins of rajputs is a lie. My statement regarding manju parmara is enough to disprove it. Indian writers had the knowledge of ethnicity of tribes.

    • @ayushkumarsingh3029
      @ayushkumarsingh3029 Год назад

      Rajputs name have their origins in rajaputra same as today chauhan is mediaeval chahmna .today parihar was prathiras .....

  • @hemantrana301
    @hemantrana301 10 месяцев назад

    yashodharman king woh brahmin jat rajpoot tha .
    koi source joh yeh kahta ki aulakara vanshi tha
    some bhudhist bolte khastriyas koi word hi 14 th century se phle .
    khatiya word har jagah .

  • @rajakc1514
    @rajakc1514 Год назад +1

    Most Rajputs are decendanted from Huns.

    • @alpha-vs1fx
      @alpha-vs1fx 10 месяцев назад +1

      Nope they are same genetically as rest of indians

    • @avik4343
      @avik4343 9 месяцев назад +2

      Bro graduated from McDonald's 🤡

    • @dungarmohiwada3510
      @dungarmohiwada3510 Месяц назад

      Rajput Mixbreed