Pallav, Rashtrakutas, Chalukya, Chola, Pal, Sen & Other Dynasties of Deccan

States of Deccan & South India

The founder of Pallav Dynasty was Sinhavishnu.
His capital was Kanchi/Kanchipuram.
They were the followers of Vishnu.
Varbi, writer of the Kiratarjuniyam stayed in the court of Sinhavishnu.
The last ruler of Pallav Dynasty was Aparajita.
Matavilas Pahasan was written by Mahendra Varman.
The Akashma Temple of Mahabalipuram which is called Ratha was established by Narasinhavarman.
Kailashnath Temple of Kanchi was established by Narasinhavarman-2.
Dandin, the writer of Dasakumarcharita was stayed in the court of Narasinhavarman-2.

Founder of Rashtrakutas was Dantidurga.
His capital was Mankir or Manyakhet.
Krishna-1 built the famous Kailash Temple of Ellora.
Amoghbarsha was the follower of Jainism. He wrote Kaviraj Marg in Kannad.
Adipurana was written by Jainsena, Ganitsara Sangraha was written by Mahaviracharya and Amoghbritti was written by Saktayana.
All of three stayed in the court of Amoghbarsha.
Arabian traveler Almasudi came to India in the period of Indra-3. Indra-3 was the famous king of Rashtrakutas.
The last ruler of Rashtrakuta dynasty was Krishna-3.
The Kannad poet Ponnah stayed in the court of Krishna-3.
Ponnah wrote the Shanti Pruana.

Chalukya Dynasty was founded by Jaisinha.
His capital was Vatapi.
The most famous ruler of this Dynasty was Pulkeshin-2.
Pulkeshin-2 defeated Harshavardhana-2 and adopted the title of Parameshwara.
Aihole inscription is related to Pulkeshin-2. It was written by his court poet Ravikirti.
Vatapi was established by Kirtivarman.
The last ruler of this dynasty was Kirtivarman-2.

After Pallava, Chola came. The Chola kingdom was called as Cholamandalam.
It was founded by Vijayalaya. Its capital was Tanjay or Tanjavur.
Vijayalaya adopted the title of Narakeshri and he built the temple of Nishumbhashudini.
The actual founder of Chola Dynasty was Aditya-1.
After getting victory against Pallava he took the title of Kodandaram.
Rajraj-1 won Sri Lanka by defeated Mahim-5.
He named Sri Lanka as Mumdicholamandalam and named its capital as Polonnuruba.
He was the follower of Shiva. He built Rajrajeshwar Temple (offered to Shiva).
Chola Dynasty was mostly spread in the period of Rajendra-1. He defeated the Pal ruler Mahipal and adopted the title of Gangacodchola.
Rajendra-2 adopted the title of Prokeshri and Vir Rajendra adopted the title of Rajkeshri.
The last ruler of Chola Dynasty was Rajendra-3.
In this period gold coin were called Kashu.
In this period the most important port was Kaveripattanam.

It was founded by Samanta Sen.
Its capital was Nadiya (Lakhnauti).
The important ruler of Sen Dynasty were Vijaya Sen, Vallal Sen, and Lakshman Sen.
Dansagar and Adbhutsagar was written by Vallal Sen. But Adbhutsagar was completed by Lakshman Sen.
Jaydev the writer of Geetgovind, Dhoyi the writer of Pavandoot and Halayudh the writer of Brhminsarvasya were the Court Poet of Lakshman Sen.
Halayudh was the Chief Justice and Chief Minister of Lakshman Sen’s Court.
Devpara Inscription was related to Vijaysen. It is a hindi Inscription.
First Hindi inscription was written in the period of Sen Dynasty.
Lakshman Sen was the last ruler of Sen Dynasty and last Hindu ruler in Bengal also.

Jaichand, the last ruler of this Dynasty was defeated by Mohommad Ghori in 1194 in the war of Chandwar.

Prithviraj-3 was the important ruler of this Dynasty.
Chandvardai was the court poet of Prithviraj-3.
He wrote Prithvirajraso, the biography of Prithviraj-3.
In the 1st war of Tarain in 1991 Md. Ghori was defeated by Prithviraj-3. But in the 2nd war of Tarain in 1192 Md. Ghori defeated Prithviraj-3.

It was founded by Nunuk in the land of Bundelkhanda. Its oldest name was Jejakbhakti.
Its capital was Khajuraho. Firstly its capital was Kalinjir.
King Dhang transferred the capital from Kalinjir to Khajuraho.
Paramardidev, the last ruler of Chandel Dynasty was surrendered to Kutubuddin Aibak in 1202.