History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c11.s2.1

c11.s2.1

To this period is also ascribed the musical inscription at Kuḍumiyāmalai³ in the State of Pudukkotta. The *Epigraphy Report for 1906* says that the inscription was engraved at the instance of an unnamed king who was a disciple of a certain Rudrāchārya who composed the *svaras* for the benefit of the pupils. Relying on the panegyric given in the Māmanḍūr record, and the reference to Vālmīki of the *svaras* and *varṇas* of music therein detailed, and to the *Mattavilāsa-Prahasana*, as also the close resemblance between the Kuḍumiyāmalai inscription and the Mahēndravarman inscription at Trichinopoly, scholars⁴ have concluded that Mahēndravarman I was an accomplished musician and that the Kuḍumiyāmalai musical inscription was engraved at his order.