Dantivarman was an Indian monarch who ruled the
Pallava kingdom from 795 to 846 CE. He was the son of
Nandivarman II
Nandivarman II (718 CE – 796 CE) was a Pallava monarch who reigned in southern India. Sen states Nandivarman reigned from 731 CE to 796 CE and built the Vaikuntha-Perumal Temple. He was born in the country of Champa (present-day Vietnam), ...
and his queen, the
Rashtrakuta
The Rashtrakuta Empire was a royal Indian polity ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their rule from Manapu ...
princess Reva.
Reign
Dantivarman ruled the Pallava kingdom for 51 years. During his reign, the decline of the pallavas had set in.
Pandya
The Pandya dynasty (), also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four great kingdoms of Tamilakam, the other three being the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Cheras. Existing sinc ...
n intrusions in the south reduced the Pallava territory to areas in and around Kanchipuram. In 803 CE, the
Rashtrakuta
The Rashtrakuta Empire was a royal Indian polity ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their rule from Manapu ...
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
The Pandya dynasty (), also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four great kingdoms of Tamilakam, the other three being the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Cheras. Existing sinc ...
control.
Notes
References
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9th-century Indian monarchs
Pallava kings
846 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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