Nandivarman III

Nandivarman III
Pallava Ruler
Reign	c. 846 – c. 869 CE
Predecessor	Dantivarman
Successor	Aparajitavarman
Dynasty	Pallava
Father	Dantivarman

Pallava Kings (200s–800s)
Vishnugopa II
Simhavarman III
Simhavishnu
Mahendravarman I	(600-630)
Narasimhavarman I	(630–668)
Mahendravarman II	(668–670)
Paramesvaravarman I	(670–695)
Narasimhavarman II	(700-728)
Paramesvaravarman II	(728–731)
Nandivarman II	(731–795)
Dantivarman	(795–846)
Nandivarman III	(846-869)
Aparajitavarman	(880-897)
Aditya I (Chola Empire)	(870-907)

Nandivarman III was an Indian monarch of the Nandivarman II line who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 846 to 869.^[1]:107 He was the son of Dantivarman and grandson of Nandivarman II.^[2]

Reign

Nandivarman III was a powerful monarch and tried to reverse the decline that had set in in the reign of his father. He made an alliance with the Rashtrakutas and the Gangas and defeated the Pandyas at the Battle of Tellaru. He then pursued the retreating Pandyan army as far as the river Vaigai. The Pandyan king Srimara Srivallabha, however, recovered most of his territories and even defeated the Pallavas at Kumbakonam.

Nandivarman had a powerful navy and maintained trade contacts with Siam and Malaya.

References

1. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella, ed. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
2. Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

• Sailendra Nath Sen (1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 449. ISBN 8122411983, ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0.