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Nandivarman II
Nandivarman II, known as Pallavamalla, was king of the Pallava dynasty from about 731 to 796. When the main line died out he was chosen as a boy from a collateral branch by officials and leading men. He survived the Chalukya occupation of Kanchipuram under Vikramaditya II around 740 and ruled for some sixty-five years, and he built the Vaikuntha Perumal temple.
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