[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915) › c9.41 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c9.41 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c9.41 - **Language:** English ### [c9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9.41) From two cave inscriptions at the rock-temple of Trichinopoly we find that a Pallava King named Gunabhara constructed a temple of Siva on the top of the mountain and placed in it a linga and a statue of himself. He also caused a stone image of Siva to be established here. In the grant from Kuram a Pallava King Paramesvara Varmana is described as "constantly clever in the sport of the fine arts."² In the legendary account of the conquest of Kanchipuram, the Pallava capital, by Adondai Chola, amongst the trophies of the battle acquired by the latter a reference is made to a bronze gate of the Pural fort³ - [Previous: c9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9.40) - [Next: c9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9.42) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Śiva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.stotra.siva) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c9.41) · Pramāṇa