[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) › c11.s2 # History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c11.s2: The Musical Inscription at Pudukkotta History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c11.s2 - **Language:** English ### The Musical Inscription at Pudukkotta ### [c11.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.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. ### [c11.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c11.s2.2) ³ No. 354 of 1904. ### [c11.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c11.s2.3) ⁴ G. Jouveau-Dubreuil, \*Pallavas\*, p. 23. ## Cites (1) - [Mattavilāsaprahasana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prahasana.pracina.mattavilasa) — Mahendravarman I, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c11.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c11.s2) · Pramāṇa