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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pulakeshin II has received more than 922,047 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pulakeshin II is the 173rd most popular historian, the 285th most popular biography from India and the most popular Indian Historian.

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  • 17

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  • 2.73

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pulakeshin II ranks 173 out of 339. Before him are Deborah Lipstadt, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Ibn al-Faqih, Faustus of Byzantium, Roger Chartier, and Shlomo Sand. After him are Simon Dubnow, Michael Attaleiates, Peter Andreas Munch, Arno Peters, Festus, and Robert Conquest.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 610, Pulakeshin II ranks 9. Before him are Abdullah ibn Umar, Pope Donus, Egica, Grimoald, King of the Lombards, Godepert, and Anania Shirakatsi.  Among people deceased in 642, Pulakeshin II ranks 7. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid, Bilal ibn Rabah, Pope John IV, Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, Tulga, and Oswald of Northumbria. After him are Tulayha, Cynegils, Aiulf I of Benevento, Domnall Brecc, and Eowa of Mercia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pulakeshin II ranks 285 out of 1,493. Before him are Skandagupta (500), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Bhavabhuti (null), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Jim Corbett (1875), and Homi J. Bhabha (1909). After him are T. H. White (1906), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Asha Bhosle (1933), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), and Rishabhanatha (null).

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Among HISTORIANS In India

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

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