Vakataka Dynasty

(4th–6th c.) Central Indian dynasty
whose ancestral homeland was in the
center of modern India. The Vakataka
zenith came between the fourth and
sixth centuries, during which their sway
extended through most of the Deccan
plateau. At the turn of the fifth century,
the Vakataka king Rudrasena II married
Prabhavati Gupta, creating a marriage
alliance with the northern Indian Gupta
dynasty that gave the two dynasties
sway over much of India. Prabhavati
Gupta ruled as regent following
Rudrasena’s untimely death, during
which the Vakataka kingdom was a virtual part of the Gupta empire, but in the
time after that the Vakatakas regained
greater autonomy.