The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.379

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Of the records brought to notice by Dr. Hultzsch, first in order of importance stands the copper-plate grant from Kûram, in the neighbourhood of Conjeeveram.⁶ The historical genealogy commences with Narasimhavarman I., who is described as repeatedly defeating the Chōḷas, Kēraḷas, Kaḷabhras, — as writing the word "victory," as on a plate, on Pulakēśin's back, which was caused to be visible (i.e., he caused him to turn his back in flight) in the battles of Pariyaḷa, Maṇimaṅgala, Sūramāra, and other places, — and as destroying the city of Vātāpi, just as the saint Agastya destroyed the demon Vātāpi, in consequence of which, another record shews, he assumed the epithet of Vātāpikoṇḍa, "taker of Vātāpi."⁷ His son was Mahēndravarman II. And his son, again, was Paramēśvaravarman I., who, "unaided, made Vikramāditya, whose army consisted of several "hundreds of thousands, take to flight, covered only by a rag."⁸ The record registers the fact that, at the request of a Pallava prince named