The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.92

c8.92

A.D. 458, August 25. Notice of the early Gaṅga king Mādhava II, from Peṇukoṇḍa. The date is as stated, and, as it is given as the twenty-second year of the Pallava king Simhavarman I, it makes the latter’s accession in the year ending 25th August A.D. 436. It says that Mādhava II had been crowned by Pallava Skandavarman. Skandavarman was son of Simhavarman I and therefore it would seem that he, being Yuvarāja, had been appointed by his father to conduct the ceremony in question. (*J. R. A. S. 1915, p. 471. f. 485.*)