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Make a comparative study of the administrative system and development of art under the Pallavas of Kanchi and the Chalukyas of Vatapi

  • UPSC 1990
  • Regional States during Gupta Era

Between the sixth and eighth centuries CE, the Pallavas of Kanchipuram and the Chalukyas of Vatapi (Badami) built rival imperial systems on either side of the Tungabhadra doab, locked in continuous warfare yet producing administrative and artistic traditions that, on close comparison, share a common institutional grammar while diverging sharply in style and emphasis. Reading…

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  • Central Government and Kingship: Convergence in Form
  • Provincial and Local Administration: A Shared Three-Tier Logic, Different Vocabulary
  • Land Revenue and Grants: A Common Instrument of State-Building
  • Military Administration: Terrain-Shaped Differences
  • Rock-Cut versus Structural Traditions: The Core Artistic Contrast
  • Sculptural Style: Slenderness versus Density

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