Simhapura, Champa (present-day Trà Kiệu, Quảng Nam province, Vietnam)
Died
796 CE (aged 78) Kanchipuram, Pallava Kingdom (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Spouse
Reva
Issue
Dantivarman
Dynasty
Pallava
Father
Hiraynayavarman
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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Nandivarman II (718 CE – 796 CE) was a Pallava monarch who reigned in southern India. Sen states Nandivarman reigned from 731 CE to 796 CE and built the Vaikuntha-Perumal Temple.[1] He was born in the country of Champa (present-day Vietnam), in Simhapura into a local dynasty of Pallava origin and was elected as the Pallava monarch at the age of 13.[2]
^Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
^Kanakalatha Mukund. The world of Tamil merchants. Penguin, 2015. p. 17.
NandivarmanII (718 CE – 796 CE) was a Pallava monarch who reigned in southern India. Sen states Nandivarman reigned from 731 CE to 796 CE and built the...
Nandivarman III was an Indian monarch of the NandivarmanII line who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 846 to 869. He was the son of Dantivarman and the...
who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 795 to 846 CE. He was the son of NandivarmanII and his queen, the Rashtrakuta princess Reva. Dantivarman ruled the...
Hiranyavarman, the father of NandivarmanII Pallavamalla is said to have belonged to the Kadavakula in epigraphs. NandivarmanII himself is described as "one...
of the Pallava dynasty. He attended the coronation of NandivarmanII. Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II was born on 23 May 675 AD. His father was Elangovathiaraiyan...
Simhavishnu was also religious. In the Udayendiram copper plates of NandivarmanII, Simhavishnu was a devotee of Vishnu.[citation needed] This is a noteworthy...
attempt by Govinda II to regain his lost control over the empire with the help of neighboring rulers of Malwa, Kanchi i.e. NandivarmanII and Vengi i.e. Vishnuvardhana...
Kosala kingdoms. Dantidurga also went into an alliance with the Pallava NandivarmanII. Thus isolated, Kirtivarman could not turn to any direction for help...
succeeded him.[citation needed] In the Kasakudi plates of Nandivarman Pallavamalla, Narasimhavarman II is said to have bestowed his wealth on temples and Brahmanas...
Uthiramerur originally existed as a Brahmin settlement. The Pallava king NandivarmanII (720–796 CE) formally established it as a brahamdeya village around...
receiving NandivarmanII Pallavamalla at the latter's coronation. According to historian T. A. Gopinatha Rao, this chief was Perumbidigu Muthurayar II, who...
capital Kanchipuram was occupied by Vikramaditya II during the reign of NandivarmanII. NandivarmanII had a very long reign (732–796). He led an expedition...
inscriptions in its two rock-cut caves, two dating from the period of NandivarmanII (732–796 CE) and the other to that of Dantivarman (796–847). It also...
Mahendravarman II (668–669) Paramesvaravarman I (669–691) Narasimhavarman II (Raja Simha) (691–728) Paramesvaravarman II (728–731) NandivarmanII (Pallavamalla)...
temple. The temple is believed to have been built by the Pallava Monarch NandivarmanII (731 CE–796 CE), with later contributions from the Imperial Cholas and...
temple has been revered by Sambandar's Tevaram. Muktheeswarar Temple NandivarmanII The temple is in dilapidated state and has inscriptions dating back...
and Nayaks. As per the inscriptions in the temple, the Pallava king NandivarmanII (720–796 CE) established the village around 750 CE. It is believed that...
own personal banner. For example, Narasimhavarman II used the lion as his emblem and NandivarmanII preferred the Nandi. Under the reign of Paramesvaravarman...
II retained control over his southern provinces up to the year 757. His daughter, the princess Reva was married to a Pallava Monarch NandivarmanII of...
Ayodhya. The Udayendiram inscription of the 8th-century Pallava king NandivarmanII (alias Pallavamalla) states that his general Udayachandra defeated the...
young prince, NandivarmanII Pallavamalla, r. c. 731 - 96 AD, as the next monarch. Rajasimha espoused the cause of a son of Parameswara II (named Chitramaya)...
avenged his father's defeat at the hands of the Chalukya monarch, Pulakeshin II in the year 642 CE. Narasimhavarman I was also known as Mamallan (great wrestler)...
least the 8th century CE. For example, states Dorai Rangaswamy, the NandivarmanII (Pallavamalla) inscription of the 8th century confirms Tevaram hymns...
880 CE, Aparajita fought a battle against the Pandya ruler Varagunavarman II and had him defeated. A Somaskanda depiction on the rear wall of the sanctum...
Prince Kambarasa as the governor. He also forced the Pallava monarch NandivarmanII to accept the suzerainty of the Rashtrakutas who paid him handsomely...
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...
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