UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2000 · Q4 · 60 marks
Give an account of the struggle for supremacy in South India between the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pallavas.
- Chapter
- Regional States during Gupta Era
- Topic
- Pallavas and Chalukyas: Rise and Conflict
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