Nandivarman III was an Indian monarch of the

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line who ruled the Pallava kingdom from 846 to 869. He was the son of

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and grandson of

Reign

Nandivarman III, who was a powerful monarch, tried to reverse the decline that began in the reign of his father. He made an alliance with the

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and the Gangas and defeated the Pandyas at the Battle of Tellaru. He then pursued the retreating Pandyan army as far as the river

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. The Pandyan king Srimara Srivallabha, however, recovered most of his territories and even defeated the Pallavas at Kumbakonam. Nandivarman had a powerful navy and maintained trade contacts with

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and Malaya.

References

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