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	Pulakesi II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pulakesi II (c.610-642 CE) is the legendary Chalukyan king who defeated Harshavardhana the Kushan king at the Narmada river and thence halting the expansion of his kingdom to south India.
		When Pulakesi II pushed forth upto the Narmada, he came face to face with Harshavardhana of Kanauj, the great ruler of the whole of North India.
		Moving further south, Pulakesi II routed the Pallava ruler Mahendravarman I in the battle of Pullalur.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pulakesin_II (713 words)

	CHALUKYA - LoveToKnow Article on CHALUKYA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		His sons extended their principality east and west; but the founder of the Chalukya greatness was his grandson Pulakesin II., who succeeded in 608 and proceeded to extend his rule at the expense of his neighbors.
		In 620 Pulakesin defeated Harsha (q.v.), the powerful overlord of northern India, and established the Nerbudda as the boundary between the South and North.
		In 655 the Chalukya power was restored by Pulakesins son Vikramaditya I.; but the struggle with the Pallavas continued until, in 740, Vikramaditya II.
	79.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHALUKYA.htm (473 words)

	Chalukya - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pulakesi II Pulakesi II, who ascended the throne in 608, is certainly the most famous and most recognized ruler of the Chalukya dynasty.
		Pulakesi II won the war and came to a treaty with Harshavardhana, a treaty which marked the Narmada river as the border between the Chalukya Empire and that of Harshavardhana.
		Pulakesin went on to exchange ambassadors with the Shah of Persia - his reception of the Persian ambassador is depicted in one of the paintings in the Ajanta caves.
	www.indopedia.org /Chalukya.html (633 words)

	Kannauj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harsha however was greatly weakened after being defeated by the Chalukya emperor Pulakesin II; his empire fell apart soon after his death.
		By the end of the 8th century, Kannauj became the focus of a three-way contest by the three dominant dynasties of the time, the Pratiharas of Malwa, the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan, and the Palas of Bengal.
		The Pala king Dharmapala installed a proxy king at the end of the 8th century; however, the Pratihara king Nagabhatta II conquered Kannauj in the 9th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kannauj (543 words)

	Military History of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chandragupta II defeated the Saka Western Kshatrapas of Malwa, Gujarat and Saurashtra in a campaign lasting till 409.
		During the reign of Rana Udai Singh II (son of Rana Sanga), Babur's Grandson Akbar conquerod Chittor, the capital of Mewar.
		The Peshwas were the effective rulers of the Maratha state and oversaw the period of greatest Maratha expansion, brought to an end by the Maratha's defeat by an Afghan army at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761.
	www.donob.com /encyclopedia/Military_History_of_India (4251 words)

	Indian History - The Chalukyas
		608-642: Reign of Pulakesin II Pulakesin II was the son of Kirtivarman.
		Pulakesin was defeated and killed by the Pallav king Narasimhavarman in 642.
		In 753, Vikramaditya and his son were overthrown by a chief named Dantidurga who laid the foundation of the next great empire of Karnataka and Maharashtra, that of Rashtrakutas.
	www.indhistory.com /chalukyas.html (294 words)

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		Pulakesin I was the founder of this dynasty whose capital was located at Vatapi (modern Badami in Karnataka).
		Pulakesin's great-grandson Vikramaditya II finally defeated Pallavas and entered in their capital, thus becoming master of entire south India.
		After defeat of Peshawa Baji Rao II in 1818 by British, the political supremacy of Marathas which was built on the ruins of Mughal empire, came to an end.
	www.med.unc.edu /~nupam/maratha1.html (3962 words)

	Nanded District Gazetteers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pravarasena II was succeeded by his son Narendrasena, during whose reign Vidarbha was invaded by the Nala king Bhavadatta- varman.
		They were ousted by Narendrasena's son Prithivisena II, who carried the war into the enemy's territory and burnt and devastated their capital Puskari, which was, situated in the Bastar district of Madhya Prades.
		During the reign of Vikramaditya II, a descendant of Pulakesin II, Gujarat was invaded by a formidable force of the Tajikas (Arabs).
	www.maharashtra.gov.in /english/gazetteer/Nanded/his1.html (15505 words)

	History of India - Ancient : The Southern Kingdoms
		Pulakesin II (609 AD - 642 AD), the most famous Chalukya king, was the one who defeated Harsha on the banks of the river Narmada.
		Pulakesin II and captured his capital city, Vatapi.
		In the early eighth century, the Zoroastrians fled to western India from Persia to avoid persecution by the Arabs.
	www.geocities.com /ajayvasani/historyofancientindia-chl.htm (373 words)

	Ancient
		Maharaja Dayitavarman II Maharaja Bhimasena II The Arang grant of Bhimasen II was issued from the bank of Suvarnanadi which may be identified with the Son or Songada river flowing through the districts Kalahandi and Balangir.
		During his rule the polital condition of Orissa was extremely chaotic because of the struggle between the Vigrahas and the Mudgalas and after the defeat of the Vigrahas the conflict between the Durjayas and the Mudgalas and subsequently the advent of Sasanka to the political scene of Orissa.
		Janamejaya II was also defeated by Vanapati, the General of the Ganga king Rajraj I. After the death of Janamejaya, his son Puranjaya came to the throne.
	www.orissa.gov.in /history1.htm (19647 words)

	China History Forum, online chinese history forum > A-Z of Indian Dynasties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Yuddhamalla II (son of 18.)(928); 22.Chalukya Bhima II (brother of 16.)(935); 23.Amma II (son of 22.) and Taila II (son of 21.)(945); 24.Danarnava (brother of 23.); Unexplained Interregnum from 973-1000; 25.Saktivarman (son of 24)(1000); 26.Vimaladitya (brother of 25.)(1011); 27.Rajaraja Narendra (son of 26.)(1019); 28.Vijayaditya VI (brother of 27.).
		Sir Gupta; Ghatotkacha; 1.Chandragupta I (1320); 2.Kacha (son of 1.); 3.Samudragupta (son of 1.)(350); 4.Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)(son of 3.)(380); 5.Kumaragupta I (Mahendraditya)(son of 4.)(414); 6.Skandagupta Vikramaditya (son of 5.)(455); 7.Puragupta (son of 5.)(480); 8.Budhagupta (son of 7.); 9.Narasimhagupta Baladitya (son of 7.)(485); 10.Vainyagupta (507); 11.Bhanugupta (510); 12.Kumaragupta II (son of 9.)(530); 13.Vishnugupta (son of 10.).
		1.?; 2.Nagabhata I (725); 3.?; 4.Devaraja; 5.Vatsaraja (grand-nephew of 2.)(738); 6.Nagabhata II (son of 5.)(805); 7.Rambhadra; 8.Bhoj I (Mihira Pratihara)(grandson of 5.)(840); 9.Mahendrapala I (son of 8.)(885); 10.Mahipala I (son of 9.)(912); 11.Mahendrapala II (son of 10.)(to 1018).
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t3629.html (2260 words)

	Chapter III
		He was the son of Kassapa II., and on the overthrow of his family by Dathopatissa I. was obliged shortly after his marriage to fly to India, where he took Service with the Pallava king, Narasinhavarman I. 630-668), and was present at the battle in which this monarch defeated `King Vallabha,' the Pulakosin II.
		Sena suppressed various heretical sects, which had appeared in Lanka in his predecessor's time, and placed guards round the coast to prevent the entry of their adherents; he died in his thirty-filth year, leaving the throne to his brother Udaya I. who in his turn was succeeded by Kassapa IV.
		Kassapa V. (ninth-tenth century), born of the twice crowned queen' Sangha, was the son of Sena II., and was made sub-king at his birth.
	lakdiva.org /codrington/chap03.html (4369 words)

	Chronology of Indian History (Part 1) - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
		624 -Kubja Vishnuvardhan I (brother of King Pulakesin II of Maharashtra) established the Chalukya Dynasty of eastern Vengi in Andhra Pradesh.
		642 -Chalukya King Pulakesin II of Maharashtra defeated by King Narasimhavarman I of the Pallava Dynasty of Kanchipuram.
		-Nasrat Khan (grandson of Feroz Tughlak) deposed Sultan Mahmud Shah II in Delhi.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?act=findpost&pid=4715347 (7331 words)

	Telugu Drama By M Ramana Murthy - fullhyd.com Event Profiles
		Statues generally don't speak, and the headless ones never do, but Vaghira, a Telugu historical play, will give voice to the story behind the famous statue of Pulakesin II of the Ajanta Caves.
		Pulakesin II, the reigning king, takes Vaghira to his palace, and when she refuses his proposal, imprisons her.
		Enraged by the king's behavior, Asoka moulds out a statue of Pulakesin II, which he beheads.
	www.fullhyderabad.com /scripts/profiles.php3?section=Events&name=&ID=7111 (183 words)

	Interests
		Chandragupta II proved to be of the same military mettle of his father and brought large amounts of territory in Western India under the Gupta empire.
		From the inscription of the Mehrauli Iron Pillar of Chandragupta II situated in Delhi, it is learnt that he waged successful wars against several chiefs of Vanga (Bengal).
		Chandragupta II was succeeded by his son Kumargupta who was also a great ruler.
	www.geocities.com /nshaikhji/ANCIENT.HTM (2972 words)

	CHALUKYA - Online Information article about CHALUKYA
		grandson Pulakesin II., who succeeded in 6o8 and proceeded to extend his rule at the expense of his neighbours.
		power was restored by Pulakesin's son See also:
		Vikramaditya I.; but the struggle with the Pallavas continued until, in 740, Vikramaditya II.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAU_CHA/CHALUKYA.html (568 words)

	proddatur.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Satakarni II, the sixth ruler of the dynasty (184 B.C.) was an able ruler who extended his kingdom to the west by conquering Malwa.
		Pulakesin II, the renowned ruler of Chalukyas conquered Vengi (near Eluru) in A.D.624 and installed his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana (A.D.624--641) as its ruler.
		Harihara Raya II of Vijayanagar conquered many areas which were under the Bahmanis during the period of Muhammad Shah II (A.D.1378-1397).
	www.proddatur.com /andhrapradesh.html (14033 words)

	Nagpuronline: Ancient History- 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		They were ousted by Narendrasena's son Prthivisena II, who carried the war into the enemy's territory and burnt and devastated their capital Puskari which was situated in the Bastar State.
		Parthivesena II, taking advantage of the weakening of Gupta power, carried his arms to the north of the Narmada, Inscriptions of his feudatory Vyaghradeva have been found in the former Ajaigad and jaso States.
		About AD 620 the Kalacuri king Buddharaja the grandson of Krishnaraja was defeated by Pulakesin II of the Early Chalukya dynasty, who thereafter became the lord of three Maharashtras comprising 99,000 villages.
	www.nagpuronline.com /history/anchist5.html (475 words)

	History Of Maharastra
		His cold-blooded murder (1689) by the Mughals inspired a wave of patriotism in the Maratha region, and the Marathas, under the leadership of his brother, Rajaram (1670-1700), waged a War of Independence against the imperial army of Aurangazeb who, until his death (1707), struggled in vain to eradicate Maratha power.
		A palace revolution (1714), removed Shivaji II and Tarabai declared Sambhaji (1698-1760), second son of Rajaram, the Chhatrapati of Kolhapur, which the Shahu finally recognised by the
		The domestic feuds that ensued led to the murder of the next Peshwa leader, Narayanrao (1773), whose posthumous child, Madhavrao II (1773-1795), managed the affairs of state with the help of the Barbhai council, of which Nana Phadnis and Mahadji Shinde were prominent members.
	www.bombayandhramahasabha.com /Hism.html (3438 words)

	Calukya Dynasty -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pulakesin I, a petty chieftain of Pattadakal in the Bijapur district, whose reign began in 543, took and fortified the hill fort of Vatapi (modern Badami) and seized control of the territory between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers and the Western Ghats.
		About 624, Pulakesin II took the kingdom of Vengi from the Visnukundins and gave it to his brother Kubja Visnuvardhana, the first Eastern Calukya ruler.
		The descendants of Kubja Visnuvardhana constantly had to fight for the riches of Vengi and were pawns in the struggle between the Deccan emperors and the Cola kings.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9018731 (1068 words)

	The rise of Western Chalukyas
		Though not any conquests are credited to him, he is stated to have ruled from Badami, the present day Bijapur.
		Pulakesin - I was succeeded by his son Kritivirman - I. He constructed several temples and buildings in the town of Vatapi.
		The political influence of Chalukyas spread over a wider region embracing southern part of Maharastra, Mysore and Tamilnadu.
	prabhu.50g.com /southind/chalukya/south_ewchal.html (482 words)

	Feed: varnam (NewsAttic.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		When Huen Tsang visited India in the 7th century, he wrote about a king in Maharashtra who was able to 'treat his neighbors with contempt'.
		Pulakesin II belonged to the Chalukya dynasty which hailed from Karnataka and within a few generations had established a kingdom with its capital at Vatapi (now Badami).
		Deshpande asserts that the raj had to recruit the urban “non-martial” classes under the pressures of war.
	newsattic.com /d/feed/varnam.html?start_item=91 (4468 words)

	A Concise History of India, Chapter 3
		Chalukya power peaked in the reign of Pulakesin II (610-642), a contemporary of Harsha.
		Pulakesin sent an embassy to the court of Khosrau II, the last important king of pre-Moslem Persia; the good relations started by this mission gave the Zoroastrians a place of refuge when the warriors of Islam overran their homeland.
		Pulakesin started a second Chalukya dynasty when he put his younger brother Vishnuvardhana in charge of the eastern half of the kingdom.
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /india/in03.html (9056 words)

	2Know Click.Com:Information Base (History)
		Abdur Razzaq: was a Persian traveller who visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Deva Raya II (1425-46).
		Agha Khan: He ia known to have led the deputation of Muslim leaders to the Viceroy, Lord Minto II, in 1906, seeking separate electorates for Muslims in any representative system which might be introduced.
		Ahmad Shah Abdali: The invasion of Ahmed Shah Abdali in the third battle of Panipat in 1761, gave a death blow to the political fortunes of Marhattas.
	www.2knowclick.com /infobase/historyinfo.html (4053 words)

	badami Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the time of the Pulakesin I (535-66) the Chalukya dynasty king "Vatapi" became its capital.
		His brother Mangalesa created a temple complex and populated the village as a gesture of reverence to the temple.
		After Narashimha Varman the Pallava king ravaged Badami and defeated Pulakesin II.
	www.indyahills.com /karnataka/badami.html (1079 words)

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		Rashtrakuta Karka 11 was dethroned by the Chalukya, Taila II, Taila's success was the beginning of the Chalukyan empire of Kalyani.
		Muhamad II established some schools for orphans at Bidar.
		A.D Bhuvanaikamalla Someshvara II Vikramaditya VI Someshvara III
	bidar.nic.in /hist.htm (866 words)

	Telangana.com - Committed For Development Telangana......
		Pulakesin II, the renowned ruler of Chalukyas conquered Vengi (near Eluru) in AD 624 and made his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana (AD 624-641) as its ruler.
		His dynasty known as the Eastern Chalukyas ruled for nearly four centuries.
		Kakatiyas came to power during the later half of this period and extended their rule over the entire Telugu land with the exception of a small land in the northeast.
	www.telangana.com /History/chalukyas.htm (379 words)

	Muslims Invade India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Caliph Umar (634-44 C.E.) had sent an expedition in 636-37 to pillage Thana on the coast of Maharashtra during the reign of the great Hindu monarch Pulakesin II.
		Yule, Ser Marco Polo, II, pp.334-36,359; Alberuni, I, p.208; Biladuri, E and D, I, p.456.
		I have elsewhere calculated that 70 misqals were equal to one seer of 24 tolas in the Sultanate period.
	www.bharatvani.org /books/tlmr/ch3.htm (10090 words)

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