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Pulakeshin I
Satyashraya, Vallabha, Dharma-maharaja
Chalukya king
Reignc. 540 – c. 567
PredecessorRanaraga
SuccessorKirttivarman I
IssueKirttivarman I
DynastyChalukyas of Vatapi
FatherRanaraga

Pulakeshin (IAST: Pulakeśin, r. c. 540–567) was the first sovereign ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (modern Badami). He ruled parts of the present-day Maharashtra and Karnataka states in the western Deccan region of India. Pulakeshin established the city of Vatapi, and performed the Ashvamedha sacrifice to assert his sovereign status. The dynasty established by him went on to rule a major part of peninsular India in the subsequent years.

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Mangalesha

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Vikramaditya I

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of Pulakeshin's son Adityavarman. These records, such as the Kauthem inscription and Ranna's Gadaayuddha, can be dismissed as inaccurate. Pulakeshin II...

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Badami

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Narasimhavarman I

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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), and...

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Mahendravarman I

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to Pulakeshin. Tamil literature flourished under his rule, with the rise in popularity of Tevaram written by Appar and Sambandhar. Mahendravarman I was...

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Kubja Vishnuvardhana

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566

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of Grand Empress, and she becomes his regent. Kirtivarman I succeeds his father Pulakeshin I as king of the Chalukya dynasty (India). During his rule he...

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Ranaraga

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Eastern Chalukyas

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of Vengi branched off from the Chalukyas of Badami. The Badami ruler Pulakeshin II (610–642 CE) conquered the Vengi region in eastern Deccan, after defeating...

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Wayanad district

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Political history of medieval Karnataka

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century when the last Kadamba ruler Krishna Varma II was subdued by Pulakeshin I of the Chalukya feudatory, ending their sovereign rule. The Kadambas...

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Ashvamedha

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Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text. Part II: Bibliography, Indexes. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 402–403...

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Vikramaditya II

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Battle of Narmada

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North Karnataka

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Rajaraja Narendra

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Middle kingdoms of India

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Sixteen great gifts

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of Hemadri's Chaturvarga-chintamani (13th century). The Chalukya king Pulakeshin I (c. 540-567) is known to have performed the hiranyagarbha ritual (although...

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Mahakuta group of temples

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