Pallavas and Chalukyas of Badami
Whole chapter · 12–18 focused hours
Early medieval south India and the Deccan
A first-attempt learner with school-level reading and little retained ancient/medieval history or art history. Later chapters assume the earlier chronological context; History optional and practical arts training are outside scope.
Includes
- Selected explanatory readings, images/maps and source extracts
- Brief chronology or comparison notes
- Available mapped practice, mistake review and one initial recall review
Separate time needed
- Subsequent spaced revision and full mock examinations
- Reading every reference book and optional exercise in full
- Exclude detailed monument identification and a second full Bhakti reading.
Editorial planning estimate; not measured learner time
- Pallava rulers
- Chalukyas of Badami: Pulakeshin II (Aihole inscription by Ravikirti, defeat of Harsha), Vikramaditya I and II
- Pallava-Chalukya wars: Vatapi sacked (642), Kanchi occupied; Pandyas of the first empire
- Kanchipuram as capital and learning centre; ghatikas as colleges attached to temples
Where to study this topic
- Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume I (lessons 1 to 11), full text ↗
Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, pp. 128-142 (printed 124-138)
- Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume I (lessons 1 to 11), full text ↗
Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, pp. 143-163 (printed 139-159)
- R.S. Sharma, India's Ancient Past (publisher page with table of contents) ↗
ch. 28
- Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume I (lessons 1 to 11), full text ↗
Lesson 9, Pallava and Chalukya sections: named ruler and political context
Whole chapter reading
- Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume I (lessons 1 to 11), full text ↗
Lessons 9 and 11: political setting, Chola government, village institutions and economy; visual styles are assigned to Architecture.
- Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms ↗
Regional kingdoms and Chola administration
- History of Medieval India (Satish Chandra), verified publisher contents ↗
Chapter 3, Chola authority and local government; use only sections filling gaps in the assigned school-text readings.
Book required