Indian dynasty in the end calling up forgotten reserve troops (5)
I believe the answer is:
gupta
'indian dynasty in' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'end calling up forgotten reserve troops' is the wordplay.
'end' suggests the final letters.
'forgotten reserve troops' becomes 'ta' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The last letter of 'calling' is 'g'.
'g'+'up'+'ta'='GUPTA'
'the' is the link.
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