South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

625.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 33 and 34, p. 29 f., and Plate x. facing Vol. II. p. 340 ; Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 59 f. Trichinopoly cave inscriptions of the Pallava Guṇabhara (Satya-saṁdha, Śatrumalla, Purushôttama), (i.e., probably, the Pallava Mahêndravarman I.).

626.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. 320, and Plate. Śîyamaṅgalam cave inscription of Lalitâṅkura (i.e., probably, the Pallava Mahêndravarman I.), recording the construction of a temple called Avanibhâjana-Pallavêśvara.

627.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 100, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 38. Bâdâmi fragmentary rock inscription of the time of the Pallava [Narasiṁ]havishṇu (?, i.e. Narasiṁhavarman I. ?):^[1]─

(L. 1).─ . . . [saṁ]vatsarê âtmanô râjya-varshê cha varddhamânê tra[yôdaśê] . . . The fragment contains the epithet or biruda Mahâmalla,^[2] and the name Vâtâpi.

628.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 151, p. 148 ; Vol. II. Plates xi. and xii. Kûram Sanskṛit^[3] and Tamil plates of the Pallava king Paramêśvaravarma I. (who defeated [the W. Chalukya] Vikramâditya [I.]), the son of Mahêndravarman II., and grandson of Narasiṁhavarman I. (who defeated [the W. Chalukya] Pulakêśin [II.]) ;^[4] recording a grant made at the request of the Pallava lord (Pallav-âdhirâja) Vidyâvinîta.─ The historical part of the grant is preceded by a mythical genealogy of Pallava (the supposed founder of the Pallava race) whose descent is derived from the god Brahman.

629.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 24-26, p. 12 ff. Conjeeveram inscriptions of the Pallava Râjasiṁha (Atyantakâma, Śrîbhara, Raṇajaya), (i.e. Narsiṁhavarman II.), the son of Ugradaṇḍa Paramêśvara (i.e. Paramêśvaravarman I.) who destroyed the city of Raṇarasika (i.e. the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya I.).^[5]

630.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 31, p. 24. Panamalai inscription of the Pallava Râjasiṁha (i.e. Narasiṁhavarman II.), consisting of one verse which is identical with the last verse of South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 24, above, No. 629.

631.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 29 and 30, p. 23 f. Conjeeveram inscription of Raṅgapatâkâ, the queen of the Pallava Narasiṁhavishṇu (i.e. Râjasiṁha, Narasiṁhavarman II.). 632.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 27, p. 22. Conjeeveram inscription of the Pallava Mahêndra (i.e Mahêndravarman III.), the son of Râjasiṁha (i.e. Narasiṁhavarman II.), who was the son of Lôkâditya (i.e. Paramêśvaravarman I.) who defeated Râṇarasika (i.e. the W. Chalukya Vikramâditya I.).^[6]

633.─ Madras Christian College Magazine of August 1890. Conjeeveram Tamil inscription of the 18th year of the reign of [the Pallava] Nandipôttaraiyan (i.e. Nandivarman).^[7]

634.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 74, p. 365 ; Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 274, Plates. Udayêndiram plates^[8] of the 21st year (of the reign) of the Pallava Nandivarman-Pallavamalla, recording a grant made at the request of his military officer or feudatory Udayachandra who was of the Pûchân family and lord of Vilvalapura :─

(L. 37).─ tasy=aiva Nandivarmmaṇô(ṇa) êkaviṁśati-saṁkhyâm pûrayati saṁvatsarê.

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^[1] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 328.
^[2] Compare above, No. 20, note.
^[3] The Sanskrit part is called a praśasti, the name of the author of which, if it was given, is broken away.
^[4] Compare above, No. 20.
^[5] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 329, and above, No. 20, note.
^[6] See above, No. 629.
^[7] See above, No. 49.
^[8] The inscription on these plates (numbered with numeral figures), if genuine, is a copy, made at a later date, of two inscription, one of Nandivarman, and one of the Chôḷa king Parântaka I.