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Mahendravarman I
Sculpture of Mahendravarman I with his queens at Adivaraha Cave Temple.
Pallava Emperor
Reign
590–630 CE
Predecessor
Simhavishnu
Successor
Narasimhavarman I
Issue
Narasimhavarman I
House
Pallava
Father
Simhavishnu
Pallava Monarchs (200s–800s CE)
Virakurcha
(??–??)
Vishnugopa I
(??–??)
Vishnugopa II
(??–??)
Simhavarman III
(??–??)
Simhavishnu
575–600
Mahendravarman I
600–630
Narasimhavarman I
630–668
Mahendravarman II
668–670
Paramesvaravarman I
670–695
Narasimhavarman II
695–728
Paramesvaravarman II
728–731
Nandivarman II
731–795
Dantivarman
795–846
Nandivarman III
846–869
Nrpatungavarman
869–880
Aparajitavarman
880–897
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Mahendravarman I (600–630 CE)[1][2] was a Pallava emperor who ruled the Southern portion 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, painter, architect, musician. He was the son of Simhavishnu, who defeated the Kalabhras and re-established the Pallava kingdom.
During his reign, the Chalukya king Pulakeshin II attacked the Pallava kingdom. The Pallavas fought a series of wars in the northern Vengi region, before Mahendravarma decimated his chief enemies at Pullalur (according to Pallava grants at Kuram, Kasakudi and Tadantottam). Although Mahendravarma saved his capital, he lost the northern provinces to Pulakeshin.[3] Tamil literature flourished under his rule, with the rise in popularity of Tevaram written by Appar and Sambandhar. Mahendravarman I was the author of the play Mattavilasa Prahasana which is a Sanskrit satire. During his period "Bhagwatajjukam", another satire (prahasan), was written by Bodhayan. King Mahendravarman mentioned this on a stone inscription in Mamandur along with his own Mattavilas Prahasan.[4]
Mahendravarma was succeeded to the throne by his more famous son Narasimhavarman I in 630 CE.[1]
who defeated Pulakeshin II of Chalukya dynasty and ransacked the Chalukyan capital city of Vatapi (also known as Badami).
^ abHall, John Whitney, ed. (2005) [1988]. "India". History of the World: Earliest Times to the Present Day. John Grayson Kirk. 455 Somerset Avenue, North Dighton, MA 02764, USA: World Publications Group. p. 246. ISBN 1-57215-421-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^Seventeen, Volume (1885). Indian kingdoms by royal asiatic society of great britain. Royal asiatic society of great Britain.
^Sastri 2008, p. 136
^Bodhayan's Bhagwatajjukam edited by Veturi Prabhakara Sastri, Manmanjari Publications, Hyderabad, 2nd edition 1986, for more information Veturi Prabhakara Sastri Memorial Trust, 2-2-18/15/18/D/1, Bagh Amberpet, Hyderabad 500013
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