TheGuptaEmpireinIndiareignedintheGangesbasinduringthe5thcenturyandtheKushandynastyoccupiedtheareaalongtheIndusAfterdefeatingtheKushanastheHunasenteredthesubcontinentfromtheKabulvalleyTheyenteredPunjabandtheGuptaEmpirefailedtoprotectthenortheastfrontieroftheempireandthismadeiteasierfortheHunstoenteranunguardedentranceintheGangeticvalleyjustintotheheartoftheGuptaEmpireThiswasin458ADTheHephthalitesknownastheHunasinIndiakeptoninvadingIndiauntiltheGuptarulerSkandaguptarepulsedthemTheHunasundertheleadershipofToramanasufferedacrushingdefeatbytheGuptaemperorSkandagupta