History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c13.22

c13.22

‘The first plate of the preserved portion begins by referring to a king who conquered the south and states that a certain Hiraṇyavarman was born again “for the welfare of the world”. . . . The father of Vijayanandivikramavarman is here stated to have been Hiraṇyavarman; while the father of Vijayanandivikramavarman is here stated to have been Hiraṇyavarman; while the father of Vijayanandivikramavarman according to the Vēlūrpāḷayam plates was Dantivarman. If the proposed identity of Vijayanandivikramavarman with Vijayanandivarman is accepted, the apparent discrepancy in the name of the father could be explained. The statement that Hiraṇyavarman was born again, evidently indicates a second king of that name and we may suppose that Dantivarman, the father of Vijayanandivikramavarman, was also called Hiraṇyavarman like his grandfather Hiraṇyavarman I, the father of Nandivarman Pallavamalla. If the foregoing surmises are confirmed by future researches the Taṇḍantōṭṭam grant would be fifty-two years later than the Vēlūrpāḷayam grants of the same king.’