[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Pallavas of Kanchi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928) › c10.2 # History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c10.2 History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c10.2) The chronology of the Kadambas cannot be regarded as having been definitely fixed. The period of the earliest of the Kadamba kings Mayūraśarman who is described as a Brahman in the Tāḷguṇḍa pillar inscription has been fixed by scholars from internal evidence and palæographical indications as the middle of the fourth century, though Mr. Shama Sastriar in his \*Mysore Archæological Reports\* is inclined to carry back his period considerably earlier.¹ - [Previous: c10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c10.1) - [Next: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c10.3) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c10.2) · Pramāṇa