Ishanavarman

Ishanavarman (born 554 ce) was the chief of the Maukhari family of northern India. Originally, he was a feudatory of the Gupta empire, and by the middle of the 6th century he had declared his independence from the Guptas and set himself up as a king in the Ganges (Ganga) River valley. Little is known of Ishanavarman except that during the second half of the 6th century he and his successors were involved in continuous...