{"id":20503,"date":"2024-02-15T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20503"},"modified":"2025-04-06T01:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:15:30","slug":"pallava-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pallava-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Pallava Dynasty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Pallava Dynasty<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Pallava Dynasty was a famous power in South India that existed\u00a0between the 3rd and 9th Centuries.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They ruled the northern parts of Tamil Nadu, parts of\u00a0Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana,\u00a0with\u00a0Kanchipuram as their capital.<\/li>\n<li>The Pallavas\u00a0supported Buddhism, Jainism, and the Brahminical faith and were patrons of music, painting, and literature.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Origin:\n<ul>\n<li>Pallava Dynasty was\u00a0earlier feudatories of Andhra Satavahanas. Pallavas\u00a0grew to be autonomous subsequent to their decline at Amaravati.<\/li>\n<li>They progressively moved southward and\u00a0instituted their capital at Kanchipuram in the 4th century CE.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0rule\u00a0of Mahendravarman I (571 &#8211; 630 CE) and\u00a0Narasimhavarman I (630 &#8211; 668 CE)\u00a0witnessed the augment in the wealth and vigour of the Pallava realm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, who\u00a0visited Kanchipuram during the Pallava statute and adorned their benevolent decree, depicts Bodhidharma, the initiator of the Chan (Zen) school of Buddhism in China, as a prince of the Pallava empire.<\/li>\n<li>Architecture:\n<ul>\n<li>The Pallava Dynasty was typically distinguished for their benefaction of\u00a0Dravidian architecture.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They were the most\u00a0noted for temple architecture. They were instrumental in the\u00a0transition from rock-cut architecture to stone temples.<\/li>\n<li>The most noted architectural accomplishments of the Pallavas are at Mahabalipuram, which, under the Pallava reign,\u00a0became an important centre of art, architecture, and literature.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Kailasanatha Temple in Kanchipuram and the\u00a0Shore Temple were built\u00a0by Narasimhavarman II.<\/li>\n<li>Of all the temples, Kailasanatha and Vaikuntaperumal are best known for their architectural virtues.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Vaikuntaperumal shrine is a\u00a0multi-storied temple built in the 8th century A.D and is acknowledged for the sculptures illustrating the history of the Pallavas.<\/li>\n<li>Religion: They adopted the\u00a0local religion Shaivism, and became Dravidians.<\/li>\n<li>Combats of the Pallava Dynasty:\n<ul>\n<li>Throughout their supremacy, they were in\u00a0steady conflict with\u00a0both the Chalukya Dynasty in the north\u00a0and the Tamil kingdoms of Chola and Pandyas in the south.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Pallavas were occupied in\u00a0continuous combat with\u00a0the Chalukyas of Badami and lastly\u00a0concealed by the Chola kings in the 8th century CE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Decline:\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0rise of Rashtrakutas had seen the decline of the Pallava Dynasty.<\/li>\n<li>Vijayalaya, the\u00a0Chola King, completely overpowered Aparajitavarman, the\u00a0last Pallava King, in 897 AD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) Who were Satavahanas?<\/h3>\n<p>The Satavahana Dynasty was established in the 1st century BC in the western Deccan Plateau. Satavahana Rulers had emerged from the Andhra region or the delta areas of the Krishna River and Godavari River. The dynasty was built upon the ruins of the Maurya Empire.Simuka was the founder of the Satavahana Dynasty, and he is believed to have destroyed the Sunga Power.The dynasty reached its zenith under the rule of Gautamiputra Satakarni and his successor Vasisthiputra Pulamavi. The dynasty had different capital cities at different times, including Pratishthana (Paithan) and Amaravati (Dharanikota).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2024\/Feb\/14\/kotravai-sculpture-from-pallava-period-unearthed-near-ulundurpet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Kotravai sculpture from Pallava period unearthed near Ulundurpet<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Pallava Dynasty was a famous power in South India that existed between the 3rd and 9th Centuries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}