History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.42

c14.42

Nripatungavarman (circa 849 to 875).—Nripatungavarman known also as Nripatungavikramavarman and Nripatungapōtarayar succeeded his father Nandivarman about A.D. 850. The resemblance of his name to the Rāshṭrakūṭa Amogavarsha Nripatunga as well as the fact that his mother, the queen of Nandivarman III, is stated to be a Rāshṭrakūṭa princess in the Bāhūr plates ² would indicate that this king was a grandson on the mother's side from Amogavarsha. Nripatunga appears to have continued the campaigns against the Pāṇḍyas who made inroads into the Pallava territory. The Bāhūr plates mention one of his victories on the banks of the Arichit (apparently a Sanskritized form of Ariśil) which has been identified with River Araśalār which flows near Kumbhakonam by the late Mr. T. A. Gopinatha Rao.¹ His adversary at this battle was probably Varaguṇa's son Śrī-Māra Parachakra-Kolāhala who according to the Tamil portion of the Śinnamanūr plates² is described as having repulsed the Gangas, the Chōḷas, the Kalingas, and the Māgadhas who attacked him at Kuḍamūkku, the name by which the modern town of Kumbhakonam was known in the period before the tenth century.³