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  Simhavishnu info here at en.allcommunitysites.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Simhavishnu conquered the Chera, the Cholas, the Pandya dynasties of the South and annexed Ceylon.
Simhavishnu also known as Avanisimha, son of Simhavarman III was one of the famous Pallavan kings of India responsible for the revival of the Pallavan dynasty.
Simhavishnu's portrait can be seen in the stone engraving at the Adivaraha Mandap, an elegant shrine at Mahabalipuram.
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 The Deccan Plateau: Pallavas of Kanchi
Simhavishnu (560 — 580 CE) was a strong ruler who defeated Cholas, Pandyas and Kalabhras.
The subjects, officials and learned scholars of ghatika together elected Nandivaraman who was a descendant of Simhavishnu's brother.
This account is given in a sculpted panel in the Vaikuntha Perumal temple of Kanchi.
www.kamat.com /kalranga/deccan/pallavas.htm   (714 words)

  
 Mudiraju - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pallava rule, which was earlier eclipsed by the onslaught of the Kalabhras, was revived during the last quarter of the 6th century A.D. by Simhavishnu, a scion of the Pallava ruling family and was firmly established at Kanchi.
Pallava king, Simhavishnu (560 – 580 CE) was a strong ruler who defeated Cholas, Pandyas and Kalabhras.
The area round about Tanjavur was under the sway of a dynasty of chieftains known as the Muttaraiyuar whose inscriptions are found at Sendalai and Niyamam, and who seem to have ruled either independently or as vasslas of the Pallavas.
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 IndianHistory_10
Simhavishnu - There is a have a considerable gap until we find a great monarch Simhavishnu Avanisimha (lion of the earth).
Simhavishnu defeated the kings of Ceylon, Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas.
Mahendravarman I - Simhavishnu was succeeded by his son Mahendravarman I, who reigned from A.D. 600 to 630.
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 Dr.Gift Siromoney's Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The hero stones are from the Simhavishnu period to the Vijayanagar period.
The dagger with the top of the handle turning away from the point, seen on a hero stone (1971/68) is very similar to the ones found at Mahabalipuram (for example, the one on the soldier woman in the Mahishamardini scene).
It is significant that the hair-style of the heroes from the Simhavishnu to Mamalla periods resembles the hair style of the Mahabalipuram Chamundi, with its small 'crown' at the top.
www.cmi.ac.in /gift/Archeaology/arch_thondai.htm   (5442 words)

  
 Pallava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Later Pallavas such as Mahendravarman I and probably his father Simhavishnu were adherents of the Jain faith.
The incursion of the Kalabhras and the confusion in the Tamil country was broken by the Pandya Kadungon and the Pallava Simhavishnu.
The Pallava kingdom began to gain both in territory and influence over the South Indian peninsula.
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 History-1
The Gangas ruled with their capital in Andhra for nearly five centuries, until it was shifted to Cuttack at the end of the 11th century A.D. The early Eastern Gangas were ruling a small territory in Srikakulam district in the Telugu land.
This new dynasty of the Pallavas is known as the `Greater Pallavas' or the `Later Pallavas' dynasty.
An inscription noticed at Manchikallu, near Macherla in Guntur district is the earliest epigraphical record of the Pallava family.
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 Pudukkottai History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Cholas themselves were in eclipse and hibernating only to revive again in the ninth century, when the Pallava power came to an end, the Pandyas were holding on for some more time to yield place ultimately to the waxing Chola power.
Though Mahendravarma Pallava (604-630 A.D) inherited the Pallava empire from his victorious father Simhavishnu that reached up to the bank of the Cauvery, Cholamandalam could not be retained by his immediate successor, as it was over-run by the Pandyas of the further south.
The tract north and south of river Vellar were in the hands of the Mutharayar chieftains who till their annihilation by the resurgent Chola line of Vijayalaya, were owing alternate allegiance to the super powers.
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 Latest News and Tamil Movie Reviews in Tamil Koodal.com : Total Tamil Kalatta
About that time the dynasty of the pallavas (whose capital was at Kanchi, the modern Conjeeveram) tried to extend their conquests south wards and fell foul of the Pandyas.
Two of their kings, Simhavishnu and his grandson Narasimhavarman I, boast in their inscriptions that they conquered the pandya kingdom.
Almost at once, however, pressure from this quarter was relieved by the sudden appearance of a new line of rulers who gave the pallavas sufficient employment in the north to divert their attention from their southern neighbours.
www.koodal.com /districts/mdu_history_eng1.asp   (2344 words)

  
 The Sikh Times - News and Analysis - Myth: Indian Kings Never Invaded Foreign Lands
Ceylon was conquered and settled in by early Chola prince Elara.
The early Pallava Simhavishnu vanquished all his southern neighbours including the ruler of Ceylon in the sixth century."
But the greatest of Indian monarchs who dreamt of ruling over overseas territories were undoubtedly the splendid Chola father-and-son, Rajaraja and Rajendra.
www.sikhtimes.com /news_062903a.html   (1438 words)

  
 Dr.Gift Siromoney's Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Copper-plate inscriptions of Pallava monarchs record the achievements of the kings.
The discovery of hero-stones with inscriptions in the regnal years of Mahendra and Simhavishnu have led to rethinking on the years of reign of Pallava kings who immediately preceded Mamalla to whom a majority of monuments are attributed.
Many scholars have identified the king in Panel I as Simhavishnu, some as Narasimha and others as Rajasimha.
www.cmi.ac.in /gift/Archeaology/arch_monuments.htm   (2562 words)

  
 History of India-3: Southern Kingdoms of Chalukyas, Cholas, Cheras, Pallavas, Pandyas.
The Pallavas had risen to power in the far south with Kanchi (present Kanchipuram) as capital some where in the 4
century, Simhavishnu vanquished all his southern neighbors including the ruler of Ceylon and seized the country of Cholas.
A great struggle between the Pallavas and their archenemy Chalukyas erupted during the time of Simhavishnu.
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 Chapter 22 - Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine - By Dr. K. Jamanadas
Their sway was put an end to by Kodungon, who may be assigned conjecturally to c.590 - 620.
Ultimately their power was broken by Kodungon Pandya and Simhavishnu Pallava, and Chalukya campaigns against them in the seventh and eighth centuries." [Ibid.
It is difficult to identify King Accuta or Accutavikkanta (Acyta Vikrama) of Kalabhra or the Kadamba dynasty.
www.ambedkar.org /Tirupati/Chap22.htm   (6274 words)

  
 History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
These differences in the custom probably caused animosity to them amongst their subject and were probably the reason for the uniform adverse reports by the Tamil historians and authors who wrote following their demise.
600 C.E., the Pandya Kadunkon and the Pallava Simhavishnu managed to oust the Kalabhras from their territories and dominted the Tamil country for the next three centuries.
After repeated wars, their frontier fluctuated along the river Kaveri.
www.bharatadesam.com /history/chola_empire.php   (1697 words)

  
 CHOLAS : Encyclopedia Entry
^ Pandya Kadungon and Pallava Simhavishnu overthrew the Kalabhras.
^ Copperplate grants of the Pallava Buddhavarman(late 4th century CE) mention that the king as the 'underwater fire that destroyed the ocean of the Chola army' - Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. The CōĻas, 1935 pp 104 - 105 Simhavishnu (575–600 CE) is also stated to have seized the Chola country.
The northward migration probably took place during the Pallava domination of Simhavishnu.
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 KALABHRAS
There are other references to the Kalabhras in Pallava and Chalukya inscriptions; they are said to have been conquered by Simhavishnu and Narasimha Varman-I and by Vikramaditya-I and II."
Kalabhra power broken by Kodungon Pandya and Simhavishnu Pallava in late 600 A.D. Chalukya campaigned against them in the 700 A.D and 800 A.D. Mutharaiyars of kondunabalur were feudatory to the Pallavas and the Pandyas.
Muttaraiyar ruled over Tanjore and Pudukkotai from the 800 A.D to 1100 A.D
www.geocities.com /mudiraja/mudiraju_kalabhras.html   (21330 words)

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