Dantivarman
Pallava Monarch
Reignc. 795 – c. 846 CE
PredecessorNandivarman II
SuccessorNandivarman III
BornKanchipuram, Pallava State (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died846 CE
Kanchipuram, Pallava Kingdom (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
SpouseAggalanimmadi
IssueNandivarman III
DynastyPallava
FatherNandivarman II
MotherReva
Pallava Monarchs (200s–800s CE)
Virakurcha(??–??)
Vishnugopa I(??–??)
Vishnugopa II(??–??)
Simhavarman III(??–??)
Simhavishnu(??–??)
Mahendravarman I600–630
Narasimhavarman I630–668
Mahendravarman II668–670
Paramesvaravarman I670–695
Narasimhavarman II695–728
Paramesvaravarman II728–731
Nandivarman II731–795
Dantivarman795–846
Nandivarman III846–869
Nrpatungavarman869–880
Aparajitavarman880–897

Dantivarman was an Indian monarch who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 795 to 846 CE. He was the son of Nandivarman II and his queen, the Rashtrakuta princess Reva.[1]

Reign

Dantivarman ruled the Pallava kingdom for 51 years. During his reign, the decline of the pallavas had set in. Pandyan intrusions in the south reduced the Pallava territory to areas in and around Kanchipuram. In 803 CE, the Rashtrakuta emperor Govinda III defeated him and entered Kanchi.

The Telugu Chola monarch Srikantha conquered and occupied Tondaimandalam and appointed as its ruler a member of a junior branch of the Pallavas named Abhimanasiddhi, who appears to have some relation to the Cholas as well. Dantivarman fled and took shelter in Kadamba kingdom, with whom he was related matrimonially. No inscription of Dantivarman was found between his 21st and 49th regnal years (i.e. from circa 818 C.E. - 845 C.E.). This interregnum caused by the Telugu Chodas was, put to an end in the 49th regnal year of Dantivarman, who was assisted by his crown prince Nandivarman III, born through the Kadamba princess Aggalanimmadi, regained his lost territory. However the southern regions of the Pallava kingdom continued to be under Pandya control.

Notes

  1. ↑ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

References

  • Sailendra Nath Sen (1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 449. ISBN 8122411983, ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0.


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