Ancient History of the Deccan c4.s1.t2.81

c4.s1.t2.81

(3) We have said that the Chendalûr plates were surely almost contemporaneous with those of Uruvupalli and we have also pointed out that the alphabet of the plates does not enable us to say if Kumâravishṇu II. of Chandalûr who reigned in Kâñchî was the predecessor or successor of Siṃhavarman of Uruvupalli who probably reigned at Kâñchî while his brother the Yuvamahârâja Vishṇugôpa reigned over the province of Palakkada. Now we shall find that it is certain that Kumâravishṇu II. did not reign after Siṃhavarman. In fact, the grand-son of the latter, Nandivarman, reigned at Kâñchî (Udayendiram plates) and we learn from the grant of Vêlûrpâḷaiyam that Nandivarman had for successors Siṃhavarman and Siṃhavishṇu who was surely reigning at Kâñchî because he conquered the Chôḷa kingdom; after Siṃhavarman, we cannot find a place for the dynasty of Chendalûr. Besides, the Vâyalûr inscription places the series Skandavarman-Kumâravishṇu-Buddhavarman before the series Siṃhavarman-Skandavarman-Nandivarman; and the Vêlûrpâḷaiyam plates place Kumarâvishṇu and Buddhavarman (mentioned in verse 8) before Vishṇugôpa and Nandivarman (mentioned in verse 9).