Pulakeshi II
Indian king from Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi · Lived 610 to 642 · aged 32
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Something wrong?Pulakeshin II, popularly known as Immaḍi Pulakeśi, was the Chālukyan emperor from c. 609 to 642. During his reign, the Chalukya empire of Vatapi expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsular India.
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Ravikirti's inscription, Meguti Jain Basadi, Aihole which celebrates Pulakeshin II's military achievements.
"The defeat of Pulakeshin II, the Chalukya, by Mahamalla Pallava at Badami", an artistic depiction of Pulakeshin's defeat![Chalukya territories during the reign of Pulakeshin II, as estimated by historian Suryanath U. Kamath.[85]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Map_of_the_Chalukyas.png/1280px-Map_of_the_Chalukyas.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Chalukya territories during the reign of Pulakeshin II, as estimated by historian Suryanath U. Kamath.[85]![Original frescoes in Ajanta Cave 1, and corresponding artistic depiction of Pulakeshin receiving envoys from Persia. Earlier scholars believed that Pulakeshin received an envoy from the Sasanian emperor of Persia, based on the Ajanta cave painting, but this theory is no longer considered correct.[88]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_Persian_embassy.jpg/1280px-The_Persian_embassy.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Original frescoes in Ajanta Cave 1, and corresponding artistic depiction of Pulakeshin receiving envoys from Persia. Earlier scholars believed that Pulakeshin received an envoy from the Sasanian emperor of Persia, based on the Ajanta cave painting, but this theory is no longer considered correct.[88]
The Aihole inscription composed by Pulakeshin's court poet Ravikirti
Painting of Pulakeshin II in BengaluruFamily
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Lived 610 to 642 · aged 32
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