Yashodharman defeats the Huns
An Indian king defeats the Hunnic ruler Mihirakula
Around 528 Yashodharman, ruler of Malwa, defeated at Sondani the army of the Alchon Hun Mihirakula, who had been ravaging northern India. He commemorated the victory with pillars at Mandsaur, and the Huns fell back to Kashmir and Gandhara.
Wikipedia (English) · 6th century
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 507 Battle of Vouillé — 21 years earlier
- c. 529 Benedict founds Monte Cassino — 1 year later
- 536 Volcanic winter of 536 — 8 years later
- 537 Hagia Sophia consecrated — 9 years later
- 541–549 Plague of Justinian — 13 years later
Middle East
- 529–534 Code of Justinian — 1 year later
Africa
- 533–534 Belisarius destroys the Vandal kingdom — 5 years later
Alive at the time
- Justinian I (aged 46)
- Aryabhata (aged 52)
- Theodora (aged 28)
- Khosrow I (aged 27)