Examples of Hephthalite in the following topics:
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- The White Huns, those
who invaded the Gupta Empire during the reign of Kumaragupta, were also known
as the Hephthalites, and caused great damage to the failing Gupta Empire.
- The Hephthalites broke through the Gupta
military defenses in the northwest in the 480s, during the reign of Budhagupta,
and by 500 CE much of the empire in northwest was overrun by the Huna.
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- According to one theory, the invading Hephthalites, who ushered in the collapse of the Gupta dynasty in the late 6th century, were integrated into Indian society and given a ritual rank, kshatriya, within the Hindu caste system.