▁Sk and agu pta . ▁However , ▁by ▁ 4 8 0 ▁they ▁conquer ed ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁North western ▁India . ▁Western ▁India ▁was ▁over run ▁by ▁ 5 0 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁the ▁Gu pta ▁k ings , ▁pres iding ▁over ▁a ▁vast ly ▁dimin ished ▁kingdom , ▁per ished ▁in ▁ 5 5 0 . ▁However , ▁the ▁H uns ▁were ▁soon ▁defeated ▁by ▁Y as ov ar man ▁and ▁later ▁Bal ad ity a , ▁sc ion ▁of ▁the ▁Gu pt as . ▁A ▁strange ▁thing ▁happened ▁to ▁the ▁H uns ▁in ▁India ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁Europe . ▁Over ▁the ▁dec ades ▁they ▁gradually ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁population ▁and ▁their ▁state ▁weak ened . ▁ ▁Har sha , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁desc endant ▁of ▁the ▁Gu pt as , ▁quickly ▁moved ▁to ▁re est ab lish ▁an ▁Indian ▁emp ire . ▁From ▁ 6 0 6 - 6 4 7 , ▁he ▁ruled ▁over ▁an ▁emp ire ▁in ▁northern ▁India . ▁Har sha ▁was ▁perhaps ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁conquer ors ▁of ▁Indian ▁history , ▁and ▁unlike ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁conqu ering ▁prede cess ors , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁brilliant ▁administrator . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁great ▁patron ▁of ▁culture . ▁His ▁capital ▁city , ▁Kan au j , ▁extended ▁for ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁miles ▁along ▁the ▁G anges ▁River ▁and ▁was ▁filled ▁with ▁magnific ent ▁buildings . ▁Only ▁one ▁fourth ▁of ▁the ▁tax es ▁he ▁collected ▁went ▁to ▁administration