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Trace briefly the history of the struggle between the Chalukyas and the Pallavas. Analyse its causes and bring out its importance.

  • UPSC 1985
  • Regional States during Gupta Era

For nearly two centuries, from the reign of Mahendravarman I in the early seventh century to the rise of the Rashtrakutas around 753 CE, the political history of peninsular India was dominated by a single recurring fact: two ambitious, evenly matched dynasties — the Pallavas of Kanchipuram and the Chalukyas of Badami — could neither…

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  • Course of the Struggle
  • Causes of the Struggle
  • Territorial Ambition over the Krishna-Tungabhadra Doab
  • Control of Kanchi and Vengi
  • Trade Routes and Port Control
  • Dynastic Prestige and Legitimation
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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