History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c12.40

c12.40

¹ The Vēlūrpāḷayam plates omit his name altogether from the genealogical list. *Ibid.*, *S.I.I.*, vol. ii. ² *Studies in South Indian Jainism*, p. 66. ³ *Ep. Ind.*, vol. x, No. 22, pp. 100-6. ⁴ As regards the identification of Uragapuram the statement in the plates that it was on the southern bank of the Kaveri makes it clear that it must have been the ancient Chōḷa capital Uraiyūr near Trichinopoly. Dr. Hultzsch was inclined to identify it with Nagapatam taking Uragapura to be a literal translation in Sanskrit of the Tamil word Nāga-Paṭṭinam. (*Ep. Ind.*, vol x, p. 102.) Attempts have been made to identify it with Pāmbūr. But the fact that Peruvaḷanallūr, where a battle was fought between the Pallavas and the Chālukyas, lies about twelve miles from Trichinopoly (north-west) shows the camp where Vikramāditya stayed and made this grant could not have been very much farther According to Prof. Jouveau-Dubreuil (*Pallavas*, p. 43) Uragapuram is the ‘City of Ranarasika,’ of the Kailāsanātha temple inscription (*S.I.I.*, vol. i, p. 13). But it seems more sound to regard that Paramēśvaravarman I led another invasion against Badami, and that the Kailāsanātha temple inscription has reference to this achievement.