History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c13.15

c13.15

Then again it is not necessary to infer that Paramēśvaravarman II should have been either deposed or forced to retire from the throne.¹ The inscription here requires to be thoroughly re-interpreted. The correct explanation of the scene is the selection of Nandivarman Pallavamalla, then called Paramēśvaravarman Pallavamalla, to the throne from among the four sons of Hiraṇyavarman. The details (See footnote below) furnished in the descriptive labels fully confirm the statement in the Kaśākkuḍi plates that he was raised to the throne by the general approval of the citizens and thoroughly falsify the usurpation theory put forward by some writers.