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Skandagupta Vikramaditya
October 22 , 2019
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- Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a two-day international seminar on the role of Gupta dynasty emperor Skandagupta at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.
- Skandagupta was a son of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I.
- He ascended the throne in 455 AD and ruled till 467 AD.
- He defeated Pushyamitras and took upon himself the title of Vikramaditya.
- During the 12-year rule, he not only defended the great culture of India but also from external aggression and defeated the Huns, who had invaded India from the north west.
- He is generally considered the last of the great Gupta Emperors.
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