History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c10.1

c10.1

THE most important among the contemporary royal dynasties that ruled in the Dakhan during this period, contemporaneous with the Pallava kings of the Sanskrit charters, were the Kadambas, the Vākāṭakas, the Sālankāyanas, the Western Gangas, the Viṣṇukuṇḍins, and the chieftains of various places in the region around the mouth of the Krishna and the Godavari figuring in the Allahabad pillar inscription already noticed, one of whom was probably a Sālankāyana-Hastivarman of Vengi. It is unnecessary to give here an account of all these powers from the available records. A short account of the Sālankāyanas, the Kadambas and the Viṣṇukuṇḍins who appear to have come into close contact with the Pallavas are given here as far as the information from the records permits.