Pallava dynasty

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Indian dynasty South Indian dynasty

The Pallava dynasty was an influential South Indian ruling family that dominated parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh from roughly the 3rd to 9th centuries CE, renowned for its patronage of Dravidian architecture, sculpture, and early Tamil and Sanskrit literature.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Pallava dynasty canonical	19
Pallava	1
Pallava kingdom	1
Pallava kings	1
Pallava period	1
Pallava rulers	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian dynasty ⓘ South Indian dynasty ⓘ
built	Kailasanathar Temple ⓘ surface form: Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram Pancha Rathas ⓘ Shore Temple ⓘ Vaikunta Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram ⓘ
capital	Kanchipuram ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
endTime	9th century CE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tamil ⓘ
floruit	7th century CE ⓘ 8th century CE ⓘ
followedBy	Chola dynasty ⓘ Rashtrakuta dynasty ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
influenced	Cham script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ Kawi script ⓘ Khmer script ⓘ Southeast Asian scripts ⓘ
knownFor	Dravidian architecture ⓘ early medieval temple building ⓘ patronage of literature ⓘ rock-cut architecture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ structural stone temples ⓘ
languageUsed	Sanskrit ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
majorBattle	Battle of Pullalur ⓘ Battle of Vatapi ⓘ
majorEnemy	Chalukya dynasty ⓘ
notableRuler	Mahendravarman I ⓘ Nandivarman II ⓘ Nandivarman III ⓘ Narasimhavarman I ⓘ Narasimhavarman II ⓘ Simhavishnu ⓘ
patronizedReligion	Brahmanism ⓘ Shaivism ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ
patronizedSite	Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram ⓘ surface form: Kanchipuram temples Mahabalipuram ⓘ
precededBy	Satavahana dynasty ⓘ
region	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
scriptUsed	Pallava script ⓘ
startTime	3rd century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamil people → historicalKingdom → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane → builtBy → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pallava rulers

Pallava script → usedBy → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Pallava script → namedAfter → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Mahabalipuram → historicalPeriod → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Mahabalipuram → builtBy → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pallava kings

India–Southeast Asia → involvedPolity → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram → associatedDynasty → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Kanchipuram → historicalDynasty → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Pallava Grantha → developedUnder → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Pallava Grantha → usedInRegion → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pallava kingdom

Pallava Grantha → associatedWithDynasty → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Chola dynasty → predecessor → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Dravidian temple architecture → historicalPeriod → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Tamil culture → hasHistoricalDynasty → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Pandya dynasty → rival → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Hindu temple architecture → hasStyle → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pallava

Rockfort Temple → historicalEra → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pallava period

Southeastern India → hasHistoricalEmpire → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Annamalaiyar Temple → historicalDynastyPatron → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Kadamba dynasty → precededBy → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Kadamba dynasty → militaryConflict → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Uchi Pillayar Temple → associatedWith → Pallava dynasty ⓘ

Bronze Gallery → associatedWithDynasty → Pallava dynasty ⓘ