1 History & Culture · 1.1.11 Southern kingdoms c. 300–750 CE

1.1.11.1 Pallavas of Kanchi: origin and major rulers

The Pallavas ruled from Kanchipuram from about the fourth to the ninth century CE, and in the sixth to eighth centuries gave South India its first monumental rock-cut and structural temples.

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  • Pallava
  • Kanchi
  • Sivaskandavarman
  • Mayidavolu plates
  • Simhavishnu
  • Mahendravarman I
  • Narasimhavarman I Mamalla
  • Rajasimha
  • Nandivarman II
  • Mattavilasa

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