ENding

THE DOWNFALL

• Military defeats
  • Rebellious attacks from Pushyamitras and territories were consistently invaded by the Huna during Kumaragupta I rule
• Devalued money
  • Value of currency dropped, meaning the merit on which it traded with it's countries was going to be more expensive.
• Withering leadership
  • Successor and son Skandragupta ended rebellions and territorial attacks but at the expense of all the empire’s resources
  • Skandragupta was considered the final significant leader of the Gupta empire, and following his death in 467, a series of weak rulers came after him
  • By 500 CE, most of the empire was overrun by Huna due to poor leadership