Nandivarman III was an Indian monarch of the Nandivarman II line who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 846 to 869.
14 Facts About Nandivarman III
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Nandivarman III was the son of Dantivarman and the grandson of Nandivarman II.
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Nandivarman III was born to the Pallava king Dantivarman and a Kadamba princess named Aggalanimati.
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Nandivarman III's guru was the well-known Digambara Jain monk Jinasena.
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Nandivarman III tried to reverse the decline that began in the reign of his father Dantivarman.
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Nandivarman III made an alliance with the Rashtrakutas and the Gangas to form a confederacy against the Pandyas.
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Nandivarman III defeated the Pandyas at the Battle of Tellaru in 830.
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Nandivarman III then pursued the retreating Pandyan army as far as the Vaigai river.
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Nandivarman III possibly conquered territory in Southeast Asia as he constructed a Vishnu temple at Siam which was placed under the protection of the Manigramam merchant guild.
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Nandivarman III was a great patron of arts and literature.
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Nandivarman III's reign saw the construction of the Vishnu temple at Kiliyanur and the Shiva temple at Thirukattupalli.
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Nandivarman III married a Rashtrakuta princess named Shankha, who was likely the daughter of Amoghavarsha I, the Rashtrakuta emperor.
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Nandivarman III had a son named Nripatunga from Shankha, who succeeded him as king.
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Nandivarman III's second wife was a Paluvettaraiyar princess named Kandan Marampavaiyar, through which he had his second son named Kampavarman.