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  2. Pallava dynasty - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. History of South India - Wikipedia

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    Pallavas started their rule from Krishna River valley, known today as Palnadu, and subsequently spread to present-day southern Andhra Pradesh and northern Tamil Nadu. Mahendravarman I was a prominent Pallava monarch who began work on the rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram. His son Narasimhavarman I ascended to the throne in 630 CE.

  4. Mahendravadi - Wikipedia

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    The very first Rock cut Sculpture Monuments of Pallava's dynasty originated from this erstwhile town now as village. The enhanced sculptures [check spelling] are exercised and improvised by his son Narashima Varman who shifted the capitol of pallava's dynasty from kachipuram to mamallapuram. This is the first and unique rock cut temple that the ...

  5. Ilandiraiyan - Wikipedia

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    [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]

  6. Tondaiman - Wikipedia

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    The Tondaiman family were Tamil rulers of the ancient Tondai Nadu (Tondaimandalam) division of Tamilakkam in South India. Their capital was at Kanchipuram. [1]They ruled with the Pallava dynasty, which controlled northern Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and had its capital at Kanchipuram.

  7. List of Brahmin dynasties and states - Wikipedia

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    Oiniwar Dynasty, based in Mithila were Maithil Brahmins [6] [7] Pallava Dynasty {c.285–905 CE} was a Tamil brahmin of bharadwaj gotra (Tamil Samaṇar Dynasty), Pallavas ruled Andhra (Krishna-Guntur) and north and central Tamil Nadu. Appar is traditionally credited with converting the Pallava king, Mahendravarman to Saivaism. [8] [9]

  8. List of Tamil monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Nayaks, Nayakas or Nayakars were a Telugu-origin dynasty that established themselves after the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire as sovereign rulers of Tamil territories and replaced the indigenous Tamil dynasties like Cholas and Pandyans.

  9. Mahendravarman I - Wikipedia

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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.