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The Hunas under their leader Lae-lih (perhaps identical with the 
Raja Lakhana Udayadita) conquered the Kingdom of Gandhara 
(the Kabul Valley and the Panjab), dispossessing the Little Kus- 
anas, who about the year A.D. 425, had under Kidara Shah set¬ 
tled in that country. 
Firuz in violation of his oath again assailed the Hunas, but on a 
plain near Balkh his army suffered a crushing defeat. He him¬ 
self and several of his sons, perished in the battle. Persia now 
acknowledged the Hunas as the paramount power, and Balas, the 
new Sassanian King (A.D. 484-487), paid tribute for two years. 
Kobad, a son of Firuz, advanced his own claim to the throne but 
without success, and accordingly, leaving Persia, he sought the 
assistance of the Hunas. 
The Khaqan of the Hunas eventually supplied a large army for 
the support of Kobad’s claim. This force was on its way to 
Persia when news came that Balas had died without nominating 
any successor to the throne. No rival thus remained, and Kobad 
assumed the crown unchallenged. There can be little doubt that 
in acknowledgment of his obligation to the Hunas he had pledged 
himself to resume the subordinate position his uncle Balas had 
been content to hold for two years. He would thus pay tribute 
to the Khaqan and recognise him as lord paramount. 
A.D.,490-515, Toramana, son of Lae-lih, brought under subjection to the Hunas 
the Lower Indus country and Western Rajputana, also the later 
Gupta Kingdom of East Malwa. 
A.D, 515-544. Mihirakula, son of Toramana, overthrew the Gupta power in West¬ 
ern and Central India. 
A.D. 544. Visnuvardhana of Malwa in alliance with Yasodharma, a feudatorv 
of Narasimhagupta Baladitya of Magadha, finally defeated Mihira¬ 
kula at Kahror, who on the breaking up of his Indian Kingdom 
retired to Kashmir. 
“ The limit of date for Huna coinage is probably A.D. 544,” (Rap- 
son’s “ Indian Coins” page 30). 
Huna Coinage. 
It is specially noteworthy that the Hunas, as their territory in¬ 
creased, either adapted or imitated the coinage current in the countries 
that they conquered. Hence we find Huna varieties of (a) Sassanian, ( b ) 
Gupta, and (c) Kusana coins. 
( a ) By the year A.D. 484 the Hunas had become the paramount 
power in Persia, and accordingly they struck coins after the 
pattern of the Sassanian money that Firuz had issued during 
the latter part of his reign, say from A.D. 470-484. Ikwould 
A.D. 484. 
A.D. 487. 
