The pallavas of kanchi
The pallavas of kanchiDecline of the kanchiPALLAVA KINGDOM
DECLINE the pallavasPallavas a major kingdom that ruled Southern
part of India from 350 A.D. to 895 A.D.Their Capital was
Kanchipuram, a temple town of Tamilnadu.Narasimhavarman was the
famous Pallava King. He was instrumental in winning a war against
the Chalukyas and earned a Title MahamallaPallavas encouraged
Sanskrit and Tamil.Kanchi has many temples like Kamakshi,
varadaraja, Ekambaranath etc.,
Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchi during his regime.He built a city
called Mahabalipuram on the sea shorePallavas encouraged
literature, musing, art, religion architecture.
The Chalukyan army invaded the Pallava kingdom and even
threatened its Capital Kanchipuram.
Aparajitavarman was the last king of the Pallava dynasty. With
his defeat by the Chola king the Pallava power finally came to an
end about the close the 9th century.
From his successors the decay of the Pallava authority began.
Aggression from the Pandyas in the South and that of the
Rashtrakutas in the North had eclipsed their glory.
Aggression from the Pandyas in south and that of the
Rashtrakutas in the North had eclipsed Pallavas glory. Aditya Chola
a feudatory of the Pallavas made a coup and seized the authority of
Tondamandalam from the Pallavas. Thus the Pallava rule in
Tondamandalam came to an end.
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