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Contents 1 Origin 2 fact check 3 Culture 4 Influence abroad

[edit] Origin

There are many conjenctures which strongly point towards Pahlava/Kambhoja origin of Pallavas. 1. Palnadu (roughly present day Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh) was the seat of Satavahanas under whom Pallavas were vassals and who became independent later. 'Palnadu' can be traced to 'Pallava Nadu'. 2. The same region was known as Kammanadu since 3rd century CE. The origin of the name can be traced to Kambhojas akin to Pallavas who ruled the region. 3. The Pallava-Cambodian connection can be traced to the name Kambhoja and Khmer (Kammavar, a caste that is still predominant in Palnadu/Kammanadu region). 4. The language spoken by ancient Pallavas was Tenugu/Telungu/Telugu. 5. Many Puranic evidences spoke of Kambhoja settlements in South India (E.g Garuda Purana). 6. A popular anthology of stories in Telugu language "Kambhoja Raju Kathalu" (Stories of Kambhoja king).

Pallavas

Dance forms on the beaches of mahabalipuram pay respect to the kings of the pallava dynasty

[edit] fact check

• Last pallava king Nripathungan ruled from 869. --Vyzasatya 22:29, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

• From this reference

The Mamallapuram Prasasti: A Panegyric in Figures Michael D. Rabe Artibus Asiae, Vol. 57, No. 3/4. (1997), pp. 189-241. Narasimhavarman III's rule ended 869. Make changes Accordingly.

Noticed lot of discripancies in the kings timelines. Whoever wrote the original timeline please cite the source so that it can be verified --Vyzasatya 22:41, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

• The middle pallava succession given here seems to be proposed by T.V.Mahalingam in Kañcipuram in early South Indian history. Another two succession lines are given by different historians

--Vyzasatya 23:02, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

• We need reference from an authoritative source for the following view:

Lajwantsingh1965

Second view is that they were an offshoot from the Cholas. It is claimed that the Pallavas were a lineage of the Chola kings who went on a maritime journey and begot a child who formed a seperate branch (Pallavam,meaning bud in Sanskrit).

[edit] Culture

How come there is nothing written about the culture during the Pallavas' reign? --Madhu 12:43, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you write something?

Parthi (Venu62) 21:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I would if I have any information and references on that. --Madhu 14:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Influence abroad

Pallavas were instrumental in spreading Vedic culture to South East Asia and had cordial relationship with Sri Lankan kings thus influencing their architecture and other cultural aspects. Cambodian kings claimed origin from a Pallava era Brahmin immigrant from Kanchipuram? Anyway someone should check this out and add it to this articleRaveenS 20:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the post. A good book to look into would be The Pallavas of Kanchi. I have read in several books that the first king of Cambodia was Kaundiniya I. There was also a Kaundiniya who ruled parts of Malaya and Inonesia. Wiki Raja 18:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)