Nriputungavarman | |
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Pallava King | |
Reign | c. 869 – c. 880 CE |
Predecessor | Nandivarman III |
Successor | Aparajitavarman |
Spouse | Viramahadevi Kadavanmadevi |
Dynasty | Pallava |
Father | Nandivarman III |
Mother | Shankha |
Pallava Monarchs (200s–800s CE) | |
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Virakurcha | (??–??) |
Vishnugopa I | (??–??) |
Vishnugopa II | (??–??) |
Simhavarman III | (??–??) |
Simhavishnu | 575–600 |
Mahendravarman I | 600–630 |
Narasimhavarman I | 630–668 |
Mahendravarman II | 668–670 |
Paramesvaravarman I | 670–695 |
Narasimhavarman II | 695–728 |
Paramesvaravarman II | 728–731 |
Nandivarman II | 731–795 |
Dantivarman | 795–846 |
Nandivarman III | 846–869 |
Nrpatungavarman | 869–880 |
Aparajitavarman | 880–897 |
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]