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The Pallava dynasty existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a significant portion of the Deccan, also known as Tondaimandalam. The Pallavas played a crucial role in shaping in particular southern Indian history and heritage. [5] [6] The dynasty rose to prominence after the downfall of the Satavahana Empire, whom they had formerly served as ...
Pallava script was the first significant development of Brahmi in India, combining rounded and rectangular strokes and adding typographical effects, and was suitable for civic and religious inscriptions. Kadamba-Pallava script [17] evolved into early forms of Kannada and Telugu scripts. Glyphs become more rounded and incorporate loops because ...
[1] [2] He is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Pallava dynasty. [3] [need quotation to verify] Ilandiraiyan is referred to in the literature of the Sangam period and is the hero of some of the poems in the Pathupattu. He was a poet himself and four of his songs are extant even today. [2]
When Simhavishnu ascended the throne, the Pallava dynasty was beginning to reassert its supremacy. The southern peninsula of India was then ruled by five dynasties. The Pallavas, the Cholas and the Pandyas shared the power in Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , parts of southern and eastern Karnataka border and Ceylon ; the Cheras controlled Kerala ...
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Dantivarman was an Indian monarch who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 795 to 846 CE. He was the son of Nandivarman II and his queen, the Rashtrakuta princess Reva. [ 1 ]
His grandfather Narasimhavarman I had already made the Pallava empire the most powerful force in the subcontinent and destroyed the Chalukya capital at Vatapi. Parameswaravarman was an efficient and capable ruler, known for his military exploits, his love for poetry and his devotion to the God Siva , to whom he erected many temples.
Nriputungavarman [1] [2] (fl. c. 869–880 CE) was a king of the Pallava dynasty. Nriputungavarman was the younger son of Nandivarman III and his wife, the Rashtrakuta princess Shankha. [3] Nrpatungavarman [4] had at least two queens, Viramahadevi [5] and Kadavanmadevi, as both appear in his inscriptions as donors.