History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.10

c14.10

Dantivarman (circa 775 to 826).—We have ascertained the exact period of his accession to the throne of Kāñchīpuram by calculating back from the conquest of Toṇḍamaṇḍalam by Āditya. We possess inscriptions for Dantivarman dated from the second year of his reign (No. 256 of 1922) to fifty-first year (No. 262 of 1904). His records have been found from Trichinopoly District in the south to Tiruchchānūr in the north. According to the Vēlūrpāḷayam plates (verse 16) issued during the reign of his son Nandivarman III he was descended from Nandivarman Pallavamalla through Rēvā the Rāshṭrakūṭa princess.⁴ Rēvā is here described as the chief queen who