දෙවන පුලකේශින්

දෙවන පුලකේශින් (IAST: Pulakeśin, ‍රාජ්‍ය. ක්‍රි.ව. 610–642) යනුවෙන් හැඳින්වෙන්නේ වාතාපියෙහි (වර්තමාන ඉන්දියාවේ කර්ණාටක හි බාදාමි) චාලුක්‍ය රාජවංශයේ වඩාත්ම ප්‍රකට පාලකයායි. ඔහුගේ රාජ්‍ය සමයේ දී, චාලුක්‍ය රාජධානිය ඉන්දියානු අර්ධද්වීපයේ ඩෙකාන් ප්‍රදේශයෙන් වැඩි ප්‍රමාණයක ව්‍යාප්තව පැවතිණි.

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 Talakadu 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 subjugating 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.

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