The Pallavas of Kanchipuram were master temple-builders whose Dravidian architectural style — exemplified at Mahabalipuram — profoundly shaped religious architecture across South and Southeast Asia.
The Pallava dynasty of Kanchipuram ended c. 897 CE when the last Pallava king Aparajita Varman was defeated and killed in battle by the Chola king Aditya I, after which the Chola dynasty absorbed Pallava territories.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Pallava Dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 275 · 550 · 650 · 750.
John Keay's acclaimed single-volume history of India places this dynasty within the sweep of the subcontinent's past.
Sastri's standard survey of South Indian history gives the Pallavas of Kanchipuram and their Dravidian temple architecture their definitive narrative treatment.