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Pulakeshin II

610 - 642

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Pulakeshin II (IAST: Pulakeśin r. c. 610–642 CE) popularly known as Immaḍi Pulakeśi, was the greatest Chalukyan Emperor who reigned from Vatapi (present-day Badami in Karnataka, India). During his reign, the Chalukya empire expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsular India. A son of the Chalukya monarch Kirttivarman I, Pulakeshin overthrew his uncle Mangalesha to gain control of the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pulakeshin II is the 185th most popular historian (up from 202nd in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from India (up from 343rd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pulakeshin II ranks 185 out of 561. Before him are Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Friedrich Meinecke, Janko Prunk, Joseph Klausner, Ferdinand Gregorovius, and Christopher Browning. After him are Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Linda Nochlin, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Krste Misirkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 610, Pulakeshin II ranks 8. Before him are Safiyya bint Huyayy, Pope Donus, Abdullah ibn Umar, Anania Shirakatsi, Egica, and Grimoald, King of the Lombards. After him is Godepert. Among people deceased in 642, Pulakeshin II ranks 7. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid, Bilal ibn Rabah, Pope John IV, Cynegils, Tulga, and Yeongnyu of Goguryeo. After him are Oswald of Northumbria, Tulayha, Aiulf I of Benevento, Domnall Brecc, and Eowa of Mercia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pulakeshin II ranks 333 out of 1,861. Before him are Vikram (1966), Vidya Balan (1979), Malaika Arora (1973), Udham Singh (1899), Tilopa (928), and Saint Alphonsa (1910). After him are Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Kalpana Chawla (1961), Asima Chatterjee (1917), and Liaquat Ali Khan (1895).

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Among HISTORIANS In India

Among historians born in India, Pulakeshin II ranks 1. After him are ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), R. H. Tawney (1880), Romila Thapar (1931), and Irfan Habib (1931).

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