History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.23

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Nandivarman III (circa A. D. 826 to 849).—Dantivarman was succeeded on his death by his son Nandivarman III known in his inscriptions as Teḷḷāṟerinda Nandivarman, i.e. Nandivarman who defeated his enemies at Teḷḷāṟu. According to the Vēlūrpāḷayam plates issued by this sovereign in his sixth year he is said to have, on the eve of his acquiring sovereignty killed his enemies on the field of battle.³ In the picturesque words of this record ‘Nandivarman puffed up with the prowess of his arms acquired the prosperity of Pallava kingdom not easy for others to obtain by killing his enemies on the battle-field which was laughing as it were with the pearls dropping from the frontal globes of elephants slain by his unsheathed sword.’ A contemporary Tamil work is Nandikkaḷambakam. A short account of this work appeared in the Indian Antiquary (vol. 37, pp. 170-173). The text of the poem which has long been out of print was published in