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Mahendravarman I (600–630 CE) [1] [2] was a Pallava emperor who ruled over realm covering the southern portions of present-day Andhra region and northern regions of what forms present-day Tamil Nadu in India, in the early 7th century. He was a scholar, a painter, an architect and a musician.
Mahendravarman II or Mahendra Varma II [1] was a Pallava monarch who reigned in southern India from 668 to 669 CE. [2] He was the son of Narasimhavarman I , [ 3 ] who reigned in southern India from 630 to 668 CE.
The Pallavas were instrumental in the transition from rock-cut architecture to stone temples. The earliest examples of Pallava constructions are rock-cut temples dating from 610 to 690 and structural temples between 690 and 900. A number of rock-cut cave temples bear the inscription of the Pallava king, Mahendravarman I and his successors.
Mahendravarman I established Mahendravadi town as one of the second largest town during rule and it is a starting point of the Pallava's rock cut sculptures history that we see in Kanchipuram and Mamallapuram. [1] The very first Rock cut Sculpture Monuments of Pallava's dynasty originated from this erstwhile town now as village.
After his success against Vengi, he proceeded southwards and confining the Pallavas to the area around Kanchi. The Pallava king Mahendravarman I met Pulakesin at the town of Pullalur or Pollilur, about nine miles north of Kanchi. [1] [2] In the ensuing battle, Mahendravarman is believed to have given Pulikesin II a devastating defeat. [2]
The Battle of Vatapi is the final climactic battle in the Tamil historical fiction novel Sivagamiyin Sapatham by Kalki Krishnamurthy, where the Chalukyan King Pulakeshin II is defeated and killed by the Pallava Army general Pranjothi as a revenge for the defeat of Mahendravarman I in the Battle of Pullalur and also to avenge Sivagami's vow.
It is one of the two great one act plays written by Pallava King Mahendravarman I (571– 630CE) in the beginning of the seventh century in southern India. [1] Mattavilasa Prahasana is a satire that pokes fun at the peculiar aspects of the heretic Kapalika and Pasupata Saivite sects, Buddhists and Jainism. The setting of the play is Kanchipuram ...
The lighthouse, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904. India's oldest lighthouse, built around 640 CE by Pallava king Mahendravarman I stands next to this modern structure. The Pallava era lighthouse is a protected monument, maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India. [2]