General Studies- I: History [15 Marks 250 Words ] 

Answer Structure:

• Introduction: About Pallavas
• Body: Sanskrit Literature and Religion
• Conclusion: Bhakti movement under pallavas

Answer

Introduction

Pallavas exercised their supremacy for nearly 500 years from 5th century to the 9th century . The Aryanisation  of South India was completed during the rule of the Pallavas .  Sanskrit has established its sway and was the language used for all royal epigraphs 

Body 

Bharavi the well-known poet of Sanskrit and the author of Kirat Arjunayam is said to have adorned the court of Pallava king Simhavishnu

Dandin the famous author of the standard works on poetics is reported to have flourished in the reign of another Pallava king Narasimha Varman II.

Mahendra Varman I was celebrated author. It is said that he composed an interesting work called as Matta Vilasa Prahasana, a social comedy 

Under the royal patronage Tamil classics also grew under having Aryan influence.

The University of Kanchi Was the greatest the center of education in the south had played an important part in the cultural expansion of the south . 

Vatsayana the logician and the author of Nyaya Bhashya who lived in the 4th century was pundit at Kanchi.

Dignana a great Buddhist scholar and philosopher had his training in Kanchi and Mayura Varman of Kadamba dynasty also went for higher studies in the 5th century to Kanchi and completed his Vedic studies there .

In the realm of religion ,the Saiva and Vaishnava sects of south flourished in the Pallava period. The greatest Saiva saints were contemporaries of the Pallava King Narasimha Varman  

Similarly Vaishnava saints Alvars were liberally patronized by the Pallavas. The songs and hymns of these saints were remarkable for the depth of the devotional feeling and pity 

Conclusion

Consequently the Vaishnava and Saiva literature of the Tamils a noble expression of religious thoughts developed under the Pallavas

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