Narasimhavarman II

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Narasimhavarman II was a 7th–8th century Pallava king of South India renowned for his patronage of architecture and the construction of monumental temples such as the Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram.

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Narasimhavarman II canonical 4
Narasimhavarman II Rajasimha 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu ruler ⓘ
Indian monarch ⓘ
Pallava king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rajasimha ⓘ
Rajasimha Pallava ⓘ
artisticLegacy elaborate stone carvings and reliefs in Pallava temples ⓘ
iconic shore-front temple complex at Mahabalipuram ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Kanchipuram ⓘ
Mahabalipuram ⓘ
built Kailasanatha Temple, Kanchipuram ⓘ
Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram ⓘ
linked to: Shore Temple

Vaikuntha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram ⓘ
capital Kanchipuram ⓘ
century 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
conflictWith Chalukyas of Badami ⓘ
linked to: Chalukya dynasty
country Pallava kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Pallava dynasty
culturalContribution development of structural stone temples in South India ⓘ
promotion of Sanskrit and Tamil epigraphy ⓘ
deathPlace Pallava kingdom (present-day Tamil Nadu) ⓘ
linked to: Pallava dynasty
dynasty Pallava dynasty ⓘ
era post-Mahendravarman Pallava period ⓘ
father Paramesvaravarman I ⓘ
influenced later Chola temple architecture ⓘ
issued stone inscriptions in Sanskrit ⓘ
stone inscriptions in Tamil ⓘ
knownFor Kailasanatha Temple at Kanchipuram ⓘ
Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram ⓘ
linked to: Shore Temple

construction of monumental temples ⓘ
patronage of architecture ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Grantha script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
memberOf Pallava dynasty ⓘ
patronage Shaivism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
politicalStatus sovereign of the Pallava realm ⓘ
regionRuled South India ⓘ
reignEnd c. 728 CE ⓘ
reignStart c. 700 CE ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
style Pallava rock-cut architecture ⓘ
early structural Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
succeeded Paramesvaravarman I ⓘ
successor Paramesvaravarman II ⓘ
title Atyantakama ⓘ
Rajasimha ⓘ
Sribhara ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pallava dynasty → notableRuler → Narasimhavarman II ⓘ
Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram → builtUnder → Narasimhavarman II ⓘ
subject linked to: shore temples
Shore Temple → patron → Narasimhavarman II ⓘ
Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram → builtBy → Narasimhavarman II ⓘ
subject linked to: Kailasanathar Temple
Pallava architecture → patronRuler → Narasimhavarman II Rajasimha ⓘ
linked to: Narasimhavarman II