the pallvas started as vassals of satavahanas .but when the satavahanas empire declined they became independent and slowly built a strong kingdom of there own. their capital city, canchi (near Chennai)
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Pallavas
The Rashtrakutas,Pallavas and Cholas were the major inhabitants of peninsular India in the medieval period.
During the time of the Pallavas and Chalukyas, the village assemblies known as Sabha and Ur were active. These assemblies were important in governing local affairs, resolving disputes, and overseeing community welfare. Sabha was a general assembly representing all castes, while Ur was specific to the agrarian community.
The two minor Indian kingdoms studied in this chapter were the Chola kingdom in southern India and the Palas in eastern India.
all temples are build Pallavas periods (7th - 9th century)i think Narasimhavarman I build shine temple..http://www.mahabalipuramtours.com/Mahabalipuram_History.html site for info