[White Huns, A.D. 450-520.] Among the northerners who with or shortly after the Pushyamitras shared in the overthrow of Gupta power two names, a father and a son, Toramána and Mihirakula are prominent. It is not certain that these kings were Húnas by race. Their tribe were almost certainly his rivals' allies whom Skandagupta's Bhitari and Junágadh inscriptions style the one Húnas the other Mlechchhas. [232] On one of Toramána's coins Mr. Fleet reads [233] the date 52 which he interprets as a regnal date. This though not impossible is somewhat unlikely. The date of Mihirakula's succession to his father is fixed somewhere about A.D. 515. [234] In the neighbourhood of Gwálior he reigned at least fifteen years. [235] The story of Mihirakula's interview with Báláditya's mother and his long subsequent history [236] indicate that when he came to the throne he was a young man probably not more than 25. If his father reigned fifty-two years he must have been at least 70 when he died and not less than 45 when Mihirakula was born. As Mihirakula is known to have had at least one younger brother, [237] it seems probable that Toramána came to the throne a good deal later than A.D. 460 the date suggested by Mr. Fleet. [238] The date 52 on Toramána's coins must therefore refer to some event other than his own accession. The suggestion may be offered that that event was the establishment of the White Huns in Baktria and the founding of their capital Badeghis, [239] which, as fixed above between A.D. 452 and 455, gives the very suitable date of A.D. 504 to 507 for the 52 of Toramána's coin. If this suggestion is correct a further identification follows. The Chinese ambassador Sungyun (A.D. 520) [240] describes an interview with the king of Gandhára whose family Sungyun notices was established in power by the Ye-tha, that is the Ephthalites or White Huns, two generations before his time. [241] Mihirakula is known to have ruled in Gandhára [242] and Sungyun's description of the king's pride and activity agrees well with other records of Mihirakula's character. It seems therefore reasonable to suppose that the warlike sovereign who treated Sungyun and the name of his Imperial mistress with such scant courtesy was no other than the meteor Mihirakula. If Sungyun is correct in stating that Mihirakula was the third of his line the dynasty must have been established about A.D. 460. Beal is in doubt whether the name Lae-lih given by Sungyun [243] is the family name or the name of the founder. As a recently deciphered inscription shows Toramána's family name to have been Jaúvla [244] it seems to follow that Lae-lih, or whatever is the correct transliteration of the Chinese characters, is the name of the father of Toramána. Sungyun's reference to the establishment of this dynasty suggests they were not White Huns but leaders of some subject tribe. [245] That this tribe was settled in Baktria perhaps as far south as Kábul before the arrival of the White Huns seems