Nandivarman II

Nandivarman II
Pallava Monarch
Reignc. 731 CE – c. 796 CE
PredecessorParamesvaravarman II
SuccessorDantivarman
BornSimhapura, Champa
(present-day Trà Kiệu, Quảng Nam province, Vietnam)
Died796 CE (aged 78)
Kanchipuram, Pallava Kingdom (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
SpouseReva
IssueDantivarman
DynastyPallava
FatherHiraynayavarman
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

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.[1] He was born in the country of Champa (present-day Vietnam), in Simhapura into a local dynasty of Pallava origin and was elected as the Pallava monarch at the age of 13.[2]

  1. ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  2. ^ Kanakalatha Mukund. The world of Tamil merchants. Penguin, 2015. p. 17.