Adityavarman (Chalukya dynasty)

Adityavarman
Shri-prithvi-vallabha, Maharajadhiraja, Parameshvara
Chalukya king
Reignc. 643 – c. 645
PredecessorPulakeshin II
Successorpossibly Abhinavaditya
IssueAbhinavaditya
DynastyChalukyas of Vatapi
FatherPulakeshin II

Adityavarman (r. c. 643–645 CE) was a king of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi in southern India. He was a son of Pulakeshin II, who was defeated and probably killed when the Pallavas invaded and captured the Chalukya capital Vatapi. The immediate history of the dynasty after Pulakeshin's death is not clear, but inscriptions of Adityavarman and his son suggest that Adityavarman ruled a weakened Chalukya kingdom for a short period, before his younger brother Vikramaditya I defeated the Pallavas and restored the Chalukya power.


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