Indian Epigraphy c11.t9.14

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³ See, e.g., *SII*, Vol. II, p. 342, 362. The bull-banner of the Pallavas is referred to in Tamil literature, although in their inscriptions the Pallavas are stated to have had the banner having the emblem of the Khaṭvāṅga (a club with a skull fixed on top). See Mahalingam, *South Indian Polity*, pp. 85-86. According to one of the Vaikuṇṭha Perumāl temple inscriptions, the marks of Pallava sovereignty were the *Videlvidugu*, *Samudra-ghoṣa*, *Khaṭvāṅga-dhvaja* and *vṛṣabha-lāñchana*. See *JAS, Letters*, Vol. XIII, p. 77.