The sixth century A.D., period between the downfall of the Gupta Empire and rise of Harshavardhana of Thaneswar about the beginning of the seventh century A.D., is “a period of disintegration.

When India was disintegrated into a number of small independent kingdoms including the kingdom established by the Hunas, who were foreign invaders. Besides Hunas, the other main four kingdoms of Northern India were of the later Gupta’s Magadha, the Maukharis of Kanauj, the Pushyabhutis of Thaneswar and the Maitrakas of Vallabhi or Gujarat.

The Hunas were a barbarous race which lived in central Asia on the border of China. They were uncivilized, barbaric and cruel. They were very fond of war. They maintained a great army for making plundering raids on their enemies and for their own security. Plundering and killing was their main occupation.

They had a conflict with Yue Chis and drove them away from the-Western China; later on, Hunas also migrated from their original place because of the pressure of growing population and the difficulties in earning their livelihood. They advanced towards the west and were divided into two main streams.

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The one part went towards the Volga and the other advanced towards the Oxus. The Hunas who moved towards Europe were called Black Hunas and a section of them who came to Persia and India came to be known as white Hunas.

The white Hunas attacked Persian Empire times without number and after a long struggle they succeeded against Sassanian dynasty.

In 484 A.D. the Hunas’ king Akschounwar enhanced their prestige Persia till the King of Persia called Firoz and they ruled over Persia till the end of the 6th century.

After establishing their empire in Persia the Hunas started on their campaign towards India.