History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c13.2

c13.2

THE Kaśākkuḍi plates of Nandivarman Pallavamalla pass on from Paramēśvaravarman II to Nandivarman, the descendant of Bhīmavarman, thereby suggesting that the Pallava throne passed into the hands of Nandivarman II immediately after Paramēśvaravarman II. The circumstances that led to a change in the family are not stated. According to the Udayēndiram plates it appears that Paramēśvaravarman II left a young prince called Chitramāya whose cause was espoused by the Dramila princes. The recently-discovered Koṟṟanguḍi plates dated in the sixty-first year of Nandivarman II Pallavamalla, mention after Vīrakūrcha and others one Hiraṇyavarman who is said to have ruled as king. The Vēlūrpāḷayam plates do not mention this fact. But the Taṇḍantōṭṭam plates¹ record of him that he was born for the good of the world and that he made his enemies settle in forests and was the asylum of those who eagerly desired protection. His place in the Pallava family may be indicated in the following table :—