History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c12.25

c12.25

According to Mr. Longhurst examples of Māmalla style are only found at the Seven Pagodas. ‘It will be remembered,’ says he, ‘that it was Māmalla who founded Māmallapuram naming the town after himself.³ Although most of the monuments there may be said to be in the Māmalla style it is quite certain that all of them could not possibly have been excavated during his life time, as the work must have taken over a century and even then was never finished. Therefore we may presume that Māmalla’s son and successor Mahēndravarman II and also the latter’s son Paramēśvaravarman I, carried on the work begun by Māmalla keeping more or less to the original style. . .’