Nandivarman III

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Nandivarman III
Pallava Ruler
Reignc.846 – c.869 CE
Predecessor Dantivarman
Successor Nriputungavarman (in the south)
Kampavarman (in the north)
SpouseShankha
Kandan Marampavaiyar
Issue Nrpatungavarman, Kampavarman
Dynasty Pallava
Father Dantivarman
MotherAggalanimati
Pallava Monarchs (200s–800s CE)
Virakurcha (??–??)
Vishnugopa I (??–??)
Vishnugopa II (??–??)
Simhavarman III (??–??)
Simhavishnu (??–??)
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

Nandivarman III was an Indian monarch of the Nandivarman II line who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 846 to 869. [1] He was the son of Dantivarman and the grandson of Nandivarman II. [2]

Reign

Nandivarman III was born to the Pallava king Dantivarman and a Kadamba princess named Aggalanimati. [3] His guru (teacher) was the well-known Digambara Jain monk Jinasena. [4] He tried to reverse the decline that began in the reign of his father Dantivarman. Nandivarman III made an alliance with the Rashtrakutas and the Gangas to form a confederacy against the Pandyas. He defeated the Pandyas at the Battle of Tellaru in 830. [5] [6] He then pursued the retreating Pandyan army as far as the Vaigai river. The Pandyan king Srimara Srivallabha, however, recovered most of his territories and even defeated the Pallavas at Kumbakonam. [7] [8] [9]

Nandivarman had a powerful navy and maintained trade contacts with Siam and Malaya. He possibly conquered territory in Southeast Asia as he constructed a Vishnu temple at Siam which was placed under the protection of the Manigramam merchant guild. [10] [1] He was a great patron of arts and literature. [3] The Bharatam was translated into Tamil by Perundevanar under his patronage. The Nandikkalambakam was composed by a poet in praise of Nandivarman III. [11] [12] [6] His reign saw the construction of the Vishnu temple at Kiliyanur and the Shiva temple at Thirukattupalli.

Nandivarman III married a Rashtrakuta princess named Shankha, who was likely the daughter of Amoghavarsha I, the Rashtrakuta emperor. He had a son named Nripatunga from Shankha, who succeeded him as king. [13] [14] His second wife was a Paluvettaraiyar princess named Kandan Marampavaiyar, through which he had his second son named Kampavarman. Before his death, Nandivarman III divided his kingdom between his two sons- Nriputungavarman ruling in the south and Kampavarman ruling in the north. [4]

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Nandivarman III
Preceded by Pallava dynasty
846–869
Succeeded by