Tara, Khadiravani- tara; Chunda, Vajradhat-vishvari, Maha-mayuri, Sujata, Pandara and Bhrikuti

The central figure is Buddha found in three sagacious postures: meditating (dhyana mudra), preaching (vyakhyana mudra) and touching the earth by index finger of right hand (bhumi-sparsha mudra).

In the Pallava kingdom, kings took high-sounding titles such as Dharma maharajaadhi raja, Maharajadhiraja, Dharma maharaja, Maharaja. In the Hirahadagalli plates the king is introduced as the performer of agnistoma, vajapeya and asvamedha sacrifices.

The sculptures in the temples in Aihole, Badami, Pattadakal reflect the culture of the times.

Buddhist sources such as Deepavamsa and Mahavamsa, written in Pali, the accounts of Chinese travellers Hiuen Tsang and Itsing give us details about the socio-religious and cultural conditions of the Pallava times.

There are two Chalukya families: Chalukyas of Badami (Vatapi) and Chalukyas of Kalyani.

1. Ramanuja was it teacher-reformer and a great organiser.
2. He challenged the monist ideology of Adi Sankara and in his effort to widen the social base to include social groups other than Brahmans.
3. Described as qualified monism, his philosophy of Visishtadvaita influenced many thinkers and developed into a separate tradition.

Kavirajamarga, a work on poetics in Kannada, Vikramarjuna-vijayam, also called Pampa-bharata, by Pampa in Kannada

1. The Aihole inscriptions of the Chalukya king Pulakisin II provide details of Pallava Chalukya conflict.
2. The sculptures in the temples in Aihole, Badami, Pattadakal reflect the culture of the times.

1. In the early ninth century, the Rashtrakuta king, Govind III, invaded Kanchi during the reign of the Pallava Dantivarman.
2. Dantivarman's son Nandivarman III aided by western Gangas and Cholas, defeated the Pandyas at the battle of Sripurambiyam or Thirupurambiyam.