After the defeat of Mihirkul, the power of Hunas was destroyed. Minor attacks of Huns continued even after the defeat of Mihirkul, but these attacks did not have much effect. In 550 AD, the Huns again tried to take over the Ganges valley, but this time he was defeated by Maukhari King Ishaan Verma.
Maukhari Dynasty and Hun
In the Afsdh article, Maukhari military has been called the Hun winner. The Haraha article mentions a caste called Shulik, which was won by Ishaan verma. We can equate this Shulik caste with Hunas.
The leader of this Hun invasion was the brother of Mihirkul. Hiuensang has written about this Hun attack, that he took control of the kingdom, taking advantage of Mihirkul’s defeat at the hands of Baladitya.
The Mudrarakshas reveal that the Maukhari king Avanti Verma had won the Mlechchas. Here Mlechchhas refers to Huns only.
After being defeated by the Moukharis, the activities of the Huns became weak for some time.
Vardhan Dynasty and Hun
6th century At the end of the Hunas once again invaded North-Western India. This time the Vardhans of Thaneshwar fought with the Hunas. In Harshacharit, Prabhakarvardhan is said to be like Hun (Hun Harin Kesari) for Hun-like deer. He sent his eldest son Rajyavardhana to the north-west to fight with the Huns.
Harshcharita reveals that Rajyavardhan struggled with the Huns, due to which many arrows were injured his body. Despite being injured, Rajyavardhan defeated the Huns and drove them out of the country.
The mention of Hunas after Vardhan period comes from several inscriptions from the Rajput period. It seems that the adjoining area of Malwa became famous as Hun-Mandal due to its continuous association with the Huns. The remaining Huns settled there in India and adopted the rites of Hindu culture.
During the time of the Gurjar-Pratihara, Chedi, Rashtrakut, Pal and Parmar dynasties, they brought some battles, but the Indian kings defeated them and took them completely under their control.
Hun in Rajput period
The first mention of the Huns in the Rajput period is found in the Unalekh (899 CE) of the time of Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Mahendrapala I. This shows that Balwarma, the feudal lord of Mahendrapala, liberated the Earth from the Huns. The Huns here refer to the Huns of the Malwa region.
In the north-east, he clashed with the Paal kings of Bengal. The Badal text shows that the Paal ruler Devpal (810-850 AD) churned out the threads of the Huns. Here also the Huns of the Malwa region are indicated. After that the activities of Hunas are mentioned in the time of Paramaravanshi kings.
Padmagupta’s newcomer suggests, that Paramar Naresh Seyak II had killed the Hun princes and converted their tribes into legal houses.
After Siyak II, his sons – Munj and Sindhuraj too defeated the Hunas. The Kauthem article describes the defeat of the Hunas by Munj and the donation of a village named Vunika of Hun-Mandal to a Brahmin. The Udaipur article shows that Sindhuraja defeated the Hunas and won his kingdom and annexed it to his empire.
Kalachuri Naresh Karna also defeated the Hunas. This is mentioned in the article of bhenaghat. The Khaira article reveals that Karna married Hun Vanshiya Kanya Avalladevi.
From this it seems that the Huns had by this time acquired an important place in Hindu society. The war of the Hunas and their defeat with the Western Chalukyas of Gujarat are also mentioned in their writings.
Thus we come to know that the Hunas fought with many dynasties of Rajputs, But each time they were defeated. They did not have the power which the predecessor Huns had. The Huns settled in small parts of northern and central India and they gradually merged themselves into Indian culture.
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