Pulakeshin II
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Pulakeshin II, popularly known as Immaḍi Pulakeśi, was the Chālukyan emperor from c. 609 to 642. During his reign, the Chalukya empire of Vatapi expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsul
Ravikirti's inscription, Meguti Jain Basadi, Aihole which celebrates Pulakeshin II's military achievements.
"The defeat of Pulakeshin II, the Chalukya, by Mahamalla Pallava at Badami", an artistic depiction of Pulakeshin's defeat
Original frescoes in Ajanta Cave 1, and corresponding artistic depiction of Pulakeshin receiving envoys from Persia. Earlier scholars believed that Pulakeshin received an envoy from the Sasanian emperor of Persia, based on the Ajanta cave painting, but this theory is no longer considered correct.
The Aihole inscription composed by Pulakeshin's court poet Ravikirti
Immadi Pulikeshi (film)
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Immadi Pulikeshi is a 1966 Kannada-language biographical film written by G. V. Iyer and directed by N. C. Rajan. The cast includes Rajkumar, Udayakumar, Jayanthi, Kalpana and Balakrishna. The film fea
Pulakeshin II
…Badami, Karnataka, to celebrate the great "kannada" emperor of past who they claimed was being ignored by the Karnataka Government. The 1967 Kannada film Immadi Pulikeshi starring Dr. Rajkumar which was based on the life of Pulakeshin II. The Tamil-language historical novel Sivagamiyin Sapatham (1948) by Kalki Krishnamurthy…
Immadi Pulikeshi