History of Himachal Pradesh - Information
After the Mauryan Empire disintegrated, the republics in Himachal again reorganized themselves. Some of them like Kunindas issued coins but Audambaras and Trigarta Shashtha had been damaged beyond repair. The latter had fragmented into parts and some of its units like Brahma-gupta had got a separate and an independent identity (Brah-mapura) which is mentioned by Hiuen Tsang During Kanishka's time, Kushans, were the overlords of these republics but as the Kushan empire weakened, Kunindas along with Yaudheyas and Arjuneyas fought for their independence and secured it. Their hard-won freedom however, could not last long. In about A.D. 340 the imperialist Samudragupta, prior to his Ashwamedh Yajna, sent them a challenge to either accept his over lordship and live in peace and prosperity or face destruction which other kindgoms that dared to oppose him had suffered. He never had to carry his sword to the hills which recognized his superiority. The Gupta Empire broke ...