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Toramana II
Ruler of the Alchon Huns
Portrait of Toramana II, from his coinage.
Toramana II is located in South Asia
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Approximate location of Toramana II's territory
Reign6th century CE

Toramana II (Gupta script: Śrī Toramāṇa, "Lord Toramana") was a ruler of the Alchon Huns in the 6th century CE.[1]

  1. ^ Alram 2014, p. 278.

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present. Hoards containing Alchon overstrikes against Nezak flans by Toramana II have been discovered around Kabul. Further, a class of drachms and unprecedented...

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Nezak coins in the second half of the 6th century by the Alkhan ruler Toramana II. At around the same period, the Sasanians under Khusro I (r. 531-579)...

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Sri Pravarasena

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Gupta Empire

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namely, Vainyagupta and Bhanugupta. In the late 490's the Alchon Huns under Toramana and Mihirakula broke through the Gupta defences in the northwest, and much...

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Second Gonanda dynasty

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Javukha

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Sadavikha". In the scroll he also appears to be rather contemporary with Toramana. Javukha issued coins in the Bactrian script as well as in the Brahmi,...

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Karkota dynasty

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throne from his exile. There is also a Yudhisthir II, the son of Pravarsena II and grandson of Toramana (grandson of Meghavahana). He is dated to 170-210...

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Bhanugupta

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vanquished by Toramana at this 510 CE Eran battle, so that the western Gupta province of Malwa fell into the hands of the Hunas at that point. Toramana would...

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Rai dynasty

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Tang Records on the Western Regions — identifying the first two Rais as Toramana and Mihirakula, and the latter three as Tegin Shah, Vasudeva, and an anonymous...

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inscription of Samudragupta) or Erikina (as mentioned in the inscription of Toramana) is derived from Eraka. The word erakā probably refers to a tall grass...

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Maitraka dynasty

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of Rajatarangini. For example, Ranaditya is given a reign of 300 years. Toramana is clearly the Huna king of that name, but his father Mihirakula is given...

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Budhagupta

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Utpala dynasty

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rebel Hindu Shahi king of Udabhanda c. 903 and bestowed the spoils on a "Toramana-Kamaluka." However, this victory however turned him haughty and the court...

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Purugupta

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Tandon, who has definitively shown that Prakashaditya was the Hun king Toramana. According to a Nalanda seal of Vishnugupta, Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta...

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Ambala

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Indo-Parthian Kingdom coins as well as coins of Hunas, Mihirakula and Toramana which indicated that after the disintegration of the Mauryan empire, the...

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Second Hunnic War

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ascension to power in West Punjab around 515 AD, succeeding his father, Toramana. Initially, Mihirakula's authority seemed lesser compared to his father's...

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Iranian Huns

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the northern invaders 'Hunas', including perhaps the Hephthalites. Under Toramana and his son Mihirakula (515-540/50?) they were especially aggressive. Mihirakula...

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Kingdom of Malwa

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War in aid of Magadha and managed to defeat the Huns. The Hunnic King Toramana died from war injuries after a battle with the Magadhan Emperor Narasimhagupta...

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