its occupation by foreign hordes of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas and Pahlavas. Extinction The Brihat-Katha-Manjari of the Kshemendra (10/1/285-86) relates that around 400 AD, the Gupta king Vikramaditya ( Chandragupta II ) had "unburdened the sacred earth of the barbarians " like the Shakas , Mlecchas, Kambojas , Yavanas , Tusharas,