From Credit: The defeat of Pulikeshi II, the Chalukhya, byMahamalla Pallava at Badami, 642 A.D., illustration from 'Hutchinsons History of the Nations', c.1910 (litho), Dudley, Ambrose (fl. 1920s) / Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library STC 357950 Image number: The defeat of Pulikeshi II, the Chalukhya, byMahamalla Pallava at Badami, 642 A.D., illustration from 'Hutchinsons History of the Nations', c.1910 (litho) Title: Dudley, Ambrose (fl. 1920s) Primary creator: British Nationality: Private Collection Location: The Stapleton Collection Credit: lithograph Medium: In the second century a Western Asian tribe, the Pallavas established itself as the ruling race in the East and South of India; The Chalukhyan king Pulikeshi II (609-642) inflicted many defeats on them but Narasimhavarman, or Mahamalla Pallava (ruled 630-668), an important ruler, overthrew him in 642, and for a short time the Pallavas were supreme in the Chalukhyan dominions; Description: 20th (C20th) Date: Asia Historical Events BC - 1499 Categories: Horizontal