These savage invaders soon after defeated skanda Gupta, and from this blow the Gupta Empire never recovered.
"The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir"
Sir James McCrone Douie
The sons of skanda were making breaches in the shape of lotus blossoms, the sun, the new moon, the lake, and the water jar, and they seemed to be anointed with magic unguents, so that no eye could behold, no weapon harm them.
"Vikram-and-the-Vampire-Classic-Hindu-Tales-of-Adventure-Magic-and-Romance"
Burton, Isabel, Lady