Kirtivarman
Kirttivarman (also Kirtivarman or Kirtivarma) may refer to: * Kirttivarman I, 6th century Chalukya ruler of south-western India * Kirtivarman II, 8th century Chalukya ruler of south-western India * Kirttivarman (Chandela dynasty) Kirttivarman (reigned c. 1060–1100 CE), also known as Kīrtivarman, was a king of the Chandela dynasty of India. He ruled the Jejakabhukti region ( Bundelkhand in present-day Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh). He revived the Chandela power by d ...

Kirtivarman II
Kirtivarman II also known as Rahappa (reigned 746 – 753 CE) was the last ruler in the Badami Chalukya dynasty. He succeeded his father Vikramaditya II. His reign was continuously troubled by the growing power of the Rashtrakutas and Pandyas and finally succumbed to them. Conflict with the Pandyas Kirtivarman and his Ganga feudatory Sripurusha came into conflict with the Pandya ruler Maravarman Rajasimha I who was extending the Pandya empire on to the Kongu country which was adjacent to the Ganga kingdom. Rajasimha crossed the Kaveri and engaged Kirtivarman and Sripurusha in a big battle at Venbai on the banks of the river Kaveri. The Chalukya king was defeated. Diminishing power Kirtivarman was steadily undermined by the activities of Rashtrakuta Dantidurga who was establishing the Rashtrakuta Empire. Dantidurga was a feudatory of the Chalukyas and was beginning to establish an independent kingdom around Ellora. Dantidurga managed to wrest control of the northern provi ...
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Kirttivarman I
Kirttivarman I (IAST: Kīrtti-varman; r. c. 566-592) was a ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (present-day Badami) in India. He ruled parts of present-day Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Kirttivarman was the son of his predecessor Pulakeshin I, the first sovereign ruler of the dynasty. He expanded the Chalukya kingdom by defeating the Nalas, the Mauryas of Konkana, the Kadambas, the Alupas, and the Gangas of Talakad. Names and titles Some of the dynasty's inscriptions call him Kirtti-raja. The Godachi inscription calls him Katti-arasa, which is probably a Kannada language variant of his name. Besides the regal title ''Maharaja'', the dynasty's inscriptions accord him the Chalukya family epithets '' Shri-prithvi-vallabha'', ''Vallabha'', and ''Satyashraya''. The Mahakuta pillar inscription of his brother Mangalesha compares him to the legendary king Puru, calling him ''Puru-rana-parakrama'' ("valourous in war like Puru"). Early life Kirttivarman I w ...
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