The Defeat of the Ephthalites, or White Huns, AD 528 (litho)

The Defeat of the Ephthalites, or White Huns, AD 528. In the fifth century, when the Central Asian hordes known as the Huns were still the curse of Europe, another body of them known as the Ephthalites, or White Huns, were overrunning all Northern India, and establishing a sort of government. The last ruler, Mihirakula, was so outrageous a tyrant that a combination of the falling Gupta Dynasty and the rising Yasodharman of Malwa rebelled and overthrew him in 528. He died in Kashmir in 540, and the power of the Huns disappeared for ever. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.