History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.57

c14.57

*Aparājitavarman (circa A.D. 875 to 883).*—The order of succession after Nripatungavarman is not quite clear. According to the late Mr. Venkayya, Aparājita is the name of the son Nripatungavarman while T. A. Gopinatha Rao propounded the theory that the name Aparājita is merely another name for Nripatunga. In the inscriptions of this period we come across with several names such as Vijaya-Kampavarman, Vayiramēghavarman, Aparājitavarman and others. Of these we have inscriptions for Aparājitavarman ranging from the third to the eighteenth years of his reign in the region around Madras mostly from Tiruvoṛṛiyūr and Satyavēḍu. It is presumed that Kampavarman and Īśvaravarman as well as the other chiefs such as Vayiramēghan, whose inscriptions have been discovered at Kaveripākkam, Uttaramallūr, Olakkur and other parts of Chengleput District enjoyed the rule of a part of the Pallava dominions along with Vayiramēghavarman.