History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c10.32

c10.32

*The Vishnukundins, circa A.D. 450 to 550.*—The origin and significance of the term Vishnukundin like that of other dynastic names is buried in obscurity. The conjecture has been put forward that their name is connected with Viṇukoṇḍa in the Krishna District, which appears to have been the cradle of their power. The first Vishṇukuṇḍin king Mādhavarman I appears to have owed his throne to his marriage with a princess of the Vākāṭakas, though the Chikkula plates ¹ which mention the fact do not specify whose daughter the princess was.