Nriputungavarman

Nriputungavarman
Pallava King
Reignc. 869 – c. 880 CE
PredecessorNandivarman III
SuccessorAparajitavarman
SpouseViramahadevi
Kadavanmadevi
DynastyPallava
FatherNandivarman III
MotherShankha
Pallava Monarchs (200s–800s CE)
Virakurcha(??–??)
Vishnugopa I(??–??)
Vishnugopa II(??–??)
Simhavarman III(??–??)
Simhavishnu575–600
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

Nriputungavarman[1][2] (fl.c. 869–880 CE) was a king of the Pallava dynasty. Nriputungavarman was the younger son of Nandivarman III and his wife, the Rashtrakuta princess Shankha.[3] Nrpatungavarman[4] had at least two queens, Viramahadevi[5] and Kadavanmadevi, as both appear in his inscriptions as donors. Under his reign, the rock-cut shrine at Namakkal was sculpt and a Vishnu temple in Ukkal was commissioned for his queen.[6]

A copper plate inscription dating to the eighth year of the reign of Nriputunga Varman was unearthed in Bahour in 1879. The inscription in both Sanskrit and Tamil describes a grant of income from three villages to a seat of learning at Bahour.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "History Of Kongu". 1986.
  2. ^ "The Pallavas – Part 3 – Indian History and Architecture".
  3. ^ Venkayya, V. (1911). "Velurpalaiyam Plates of Nandivarman III". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 521–524. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00041617. JSTOR 25189883.
  4. ^ The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram (Oxford University Press, USA ed.). D Dennis Hudson. 2008. ISBN 9780195369229.
  5. ^ Anjali Verma (2018). Women and society in early medieval India : re-interpreting epigraphs. Routledge India. ISBN 978-0429448010.
  6. ^ "Copper Plates".
  7. ^ Chithra Madhavan (19 May 2016). "Bahur, seat of learning". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ^ Hultzsch, E. (1896). "Two Tamil Inscriptions at Ambur". Epigraphia Indica. IV (23): 180–183. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
Nriputungavarman
Preceded by Pallava dynasty
846–869
Succeeded by