Nandivarman II

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| name = Nandivarman II

| name = Nandivarman II

| image =

| title =

| caption = Nandivarman II with his queens and courtiers at [[Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram]] (Vaikunta Perumal Temple)

| caption = Nandivarman II with his queens and courtiers at [[Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram]] (Vaikunta Perumal Temple)

| succession = [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava Monarch]]

| succession = [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava Monarch]]

| reign = 731–796

| reign = 731–796

| predecessor = [[Paramesvaravarman II]]

| predecessor = [[Paramesvaravarman II]]

| successor = [[Dantivarman]]

| successor = [[Dantivarman]]

| birth_date = 718

| birth_date = 718

| birth_place = {{unbulleted list

| birth_place = Bhimhapura, [[Kambujadeśa]] (present-day [[Phimai]], [[Nakhon Ratchasima province]], Thailand)

| Simhapura, [[Champa]] (present-day [[Trà Kiệu]], Vietnam)

OR

Simhapura, [[Champa]] (present-day [[Trà Kiệu]], [[Quảng Nam province]], Vietnam)

| Bhimhapura, [[Kambujadeśa]] (present-day [[Phimai]], Thailand)

}}

| death_date = 796 (aged 77–78)

| death_place = [[Kanchipuram]], [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava Kingdom]] (present-day [[Tamil Nadu]], India)

| death_place = [[Kanchipuram]], [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava Kingdom]] (present-day [[Tamil Nadu]], India)

| spouse = Reva

| spouse = Reva

| issue = [[Dantivarman]]

| issue = [[Dantivarman]]

| dynasty = [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava]]

| dynasty = [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava]]

| father = Hiranyavarman

| father = Hiranyavarman

| mother =

| mother =

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{{Pallava}}

'''Nandivarman II''' (718–796) was a [[Pallava]] monarch who reigned in southern India. Sen states Nandivarman reigned from 731 to 796 and built the [[Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram|Vaikuntha-Perumal Temple]].{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=41–42}} From the Kasakkudi plates, it is learnt that Nandivarman II was a descendent of Bhimavarman, the younger brother of Pallava king [[Simhavishnu]]. Inscriptions beneath the panels at the Vaikuntha-Perumal Temple temple at Kanchipuram reveal that Nandivarman II hails from the country of [[Kambujadeśa]] (present-day Cambodia), where his father, Hiranyavarma Maharaja of the ''Katavesa-kula'', belonging to a collateral branch of the Pallavas, was ruling with Bhimapura as the capital. Of the four sons of Hiranyavarman: Srimalla, Ranamalla, Samkramalla and Pallavamalla, the twelve year old Pallavamalla accepted the offer to ascend the throne at Kanchipuram, where he was crowned King of the Pallavas under the name Nandivarman.{{cite book|title=The world of Tamil merchants |author=Kanakalatha Mukund|publisher=Penguin, 2015|page=17}} While some historians state that he was said to be a prince of the collateral branch of the family which had been ruling in Simhapura, Champa (in what is now Vietnam).{{Cite book |last=Mukund |first=Kanakalatha |title=The World of Tamil Merchants |publisher=Penguin |year=2015 |pages=17}}

'''Nandivarman II''' (718–796) was a [[Pallava]] monarch who reigned in southern India. Sen states Nandivarman reigned from 731 to 796 and built the [[Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram|Vaikuntha-Perumal Temple]].{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=41–42}} From the Kasakkudi plates, it is learnt that Nandivarman II was a descendent of Bhimavarman, the younger brother of Pallava king [[Simhavishnu]]. Inscriptions beneath the panels at the Vaikuntha-Perumal Temple temple at Kanchipuram reveal that Nandivarman II hails from the country of [[Kambujadeśa]] (present-day Cambodia), where his father, Hiranyavarma Maharaja of the ''Katavesa-kula'', belonging to a collateral branch of the Pallavas, was ruling with Bhimapura as the capital. Of the four sons of Hiranyavarman: Srimalla, Ranamalla, Samkramalla and Pallavamalla, the twelve year old Pallavamalla accepted the offer to ascend the throne at Kanchipuram, where he was crowned King of the Pallavas under the name Nandivarman.{{cite book|title=The world of Tamil merchants |author=Kanakalatha Mukund|publisher=Penguin, 2015|page=17}} While some historians state that he was said to be a prince of the collateral branch of the family which had been ruling in Simhapura, [[Champa]] (in what is now Vietnam).{{Cite book |last=Mukund |first=Kanakalatha |title=The World of Tamil Merchants |publisher=Penguin |year=2015 |pages=17}}

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

[[File:8th century Nandivarman II Tiruvallam inscription, Tamil and Sanskrit, Tevaram singers.jpg|thumb|left|8th-century inscription of Nandivarman II from [[Vilwanatheswarar temple]], Tiruvallam.]]

[[File:8th century Nandivarman II Tiruvallam inscription, Tamil and Sanskrit, Tevaram singers.jpg|thumb|8th-century inscription of Nandivarman II from [[Vilwanatheswarar temple]], Tiruvallam.]]

[[File:Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram4.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram]] (Vaikunta Perumal Temple)]]

[[File:Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram4.jpg|thumb|[[Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram]] (Vaikunta Perumal Temple)]]

[[Paramesvaravarman II]] was succeeded by a 12-year-old Nandivarman II Pallavamalla who belonged to a collateral line of Pallavas called the [[Kadava]]s. The latter were the descendants of Bhimavarman, the brother of [[Simhavishnu]]. According to epigraphical findings, Hiranyavarman, the father of Nandivarman Pallavamalla belonged to the Kadavakula.{{cite book|title=History of Kongu, Volume 1|author=V. Ramamurthy|publisher=International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilization, 1986|page=172}} Nandivarman II himself is described as "one who was born to raise the prestige of the Kadava family".{{cite book|title=South Indian Inscriptions, Volume 12|author=Eugen Hultzsch|publisher=Manager of Publications, 1986|page=viii}} He commissioned the Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram.{{cite book|title=Mahabalipuram|publisher=The Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India|year=2004|location=New Delhi|last=C.|first=Sivaramamurthi|page=6|ref=Malla}}

[[Paramesvaravarman II]] was succeeded by a 12-year-old Nandivarman II Pallavamalla who belonged to a collateral line of Pallavas called the [[Kadava]]s. The latter were the descendants of Bhimavarman, the brother of [[Simhavishnu]]. According to epigraphical findings, Hiranyavarman, the father of Nandivarman Pallavamalla belonged to the Kadavakula.{{cite book|title=History of Kongu, Volume 1|author=V. Ramamurthy|publisher=International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilization, 1986|page=172}} Nandivarman II himself is described as "one who was born to raise the prestige of the Kadava family".{{cite book|title=South Indian Inscriptions, Volume 12|author=Eugen Hultzsch|publisher=Manager of Publications, 1986|page=viii}} He commissioned the Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram.{{cite book|title=Mahabalipuram|publisher=The Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India|year=2004|location=New Delhi|last=C.|first=Sivaramamurthi|page=6|ref=Malla}}