Narasimhavarman I

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7th-century ruler Indian monarch Pallava king

Narasimhavarman I was a 7th-century Pallava king of South India renowned for his military victories over the Chalukyas and for initiating the rock-cut and monolithic temple architecture at Mahabalipuram.

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Narasimhavarman II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 7th-century ruler ⓘ
Indian monarch ⓘ
Pallava king ⓘ
alias Mamalla NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Mahabalipuram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pancha Rathas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shore Temple complex precursors NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle Pallava–Chalukya wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Kanchipuram NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredCity Vatapi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Pallava kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContribution development of early Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
promotion of monolithic rathas ⓘ
promotion of rock-cut cave temples ⓘ
dynasty Pallava dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 7th century ⓘ
father Mahendravarman I NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSource Chalukya inscriptions mentioning his campaigns ⓘ
Pallava copper-plate grants ⓘ
inscriptions at Mahabalipuram ⓘ
influenced early Chola temple architecture ⓘ
later Pallava architecture ⓘ
knownFor defeat of Chalukya king Pulakeshin II ⓘ
initiation of rock-cut temple architecture at Mahabalipuram ⓘ
military victories over the Chalukyas ⓘ
patronage of monolithic temple architecture at Mahabalipuram ⓘ
title Mamalla ⓘ
languageOfCourt Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
memberOf Pallava dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryAchievement repulsion of Chalukya invasions ⓘ
notableEvent sack of Vatapi NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSiteDuringReign Kanchipuram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahabalipuram NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent Pulakeshin II NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage Buddhism ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Mahendravarman I NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled South India NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd c. 668 ⓘ
reignStart c. 630 ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
successor Paramesvaravarman I NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Mahamalla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuddhamalla NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Mahabalipuram → associatedRuler → Narasimhavarman I ⓘ
Mahabalipuram → associatedRuler → Narasimhavarman I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narasimhavarman II
Pallava dynasty → notableRuler → Narasimhavarman I ⓘ