Pulakeshin II | Wikipedia audio article
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Pulakeshin II


00:01:43 1 Names and titles
00:03:14 2 Early life
00:05:29 2.1 Date of ascension
00:07:01 3 Military conquests
00:07:38 3.1 Appayika and Govinda
00:08:47 3.2 Recapture of Banavasi
00:09:36 3.3 Alupas
00:11:09 3.4 Gangas of Talakad
00:12:10 3.5 Mauryas of Konkana
00:12:49 3.6 Latas, Malavas, and Gurjaras
00:14:26 3.7 Victory over Harsha
00:14:52 3.7.1 Date
00:16:46 3.7.2 Cause of the war
00:18:31 3.8 Result
00:20:32 3.9 Dakshina Kosala and Kalinga
00:21:27 3.10 Vishnukundina dynasty
00:23:14 4 Xuanzang's visit
00:25:50 5 War with the Pallavas and death
00:28:10 6 Succession
00:30:17 7 Extent of the kingdom
00:32:33 8 Foreign relations
00:33:30 9 Religion
00:34:31 10 Cultural activities
00:34:58 11 Inscriptions
00:39:19 12 See also



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Pulakeshin II (IAST: Pulakeśin, r. c. 610-642 CE) was the most famous ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (present-day Badami in Karnataka, India). During his reign, the Chalukya kingdom expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsular India.
A son of the Chalukya king Kirttivarman I, Pulakeshin overthrew his uncle Mangalesha to gain control of the throne. He suppressed a rebellion by Appayika and Govinda, and decisively defeated the Kadambas of Banavasi in the south. The Alupas and the Gangas of Talakad recognized his suzerainty. He consolidated the Chalukya control over the western coast by subjugating the Mauryas of Konkana. His Aihole inscription also credits him with subugating the Latas, the Malavas, and the Gurjaras in the north.
The most notable military achievement of Pulakeshin was his victory over the powerful northern emperor Harsha-vardhana, whose failure to conquer the Chalukya kingdom is attested by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang. In the east, Pulakeshin subjugated the rulers of Dakshina Kosala and Kalinga. After defeating the Vishnukundina ruler, he appointed his brother Vishnu-vardhana as the governor of eastern Deccan; this brother later established the independent Eastern Chalukya dynasty of Vengi. Pulakeshin also achieved some successes against the Pallavas in the south, but was ultimately defeated, and probably killed, during an invasion by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I.
Pulakeshin was a Vaishnavite, but was tolerant of other faiths, including Shaivism, Buddhism, and Jainism. He patronized several scholars, including Ravikirtti, who composed his Aihole inscription.