Reign 438–460 AD Predecessor Skanda Varman III Parents Crown Prince Vishnugopa | Coronation 438 AD Successor Skanda Varman IV House Pallava dynasty | |
Issue Simha Vishnu, Bhima Varman Father Crown Prince Vishnugopa | ||
Simha Varman II (Devanāgarī: सिम्हा वर्मन), was a ruler from the Pallava Dynasty who ruled portions of land between what is now Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Biography
Simha Varman II was the son of Crown Prince Vishnugopa and in most likelihood ruled out of Dasanapura (a village near present-day Bangalore). A definitive date to his tenure as ruler is hard to pinpoint owing to lack of historical evidence, and available sources place his tenure between a period from 430 - 550 AD, however, a majority converge around the period of 438 - 460 AD as a likely period. Simha Varman II was also a buddhist unlike most other Pallava Kings who were predominantly orthodox Hindus.
His reign was presumably prosperous as a vast majority of the available information indicates that the largest number of grants in the early Pallava period were issued during his tenure as ruler.
Much is also not known about his direct descendents, but he is believed to have sired at least two sons, Simha Vishnu, and Bhima Varman.