History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.75

c14.75

Chandrāditya (No. 284 of 1916).—This is a record written in the Pallava-Grantha on a pillar in the rock-cut temple at Mēlaichēri in the Gingee Taluk of the South Arcot District. It states that the Śiva temple called Śri-Śikhari-Pallavēśvaram was excavated by Chandrāditya at Simhapura (Śingavaram). Prof. Jouveau-Dubreuil who discovered this inscription considers it probable that Chandrāditya was one of the names of Narasimhavarman I or Paramēśvaravarman I. This is, however, uncertain. There are in addition to these a few² inscriptions of this period belonging to Kāṭṭirai, Vijaya-Narasimhavarman and Vijaya-Īśvaravarman which need not be examined here as their position in the Pallava family is not clear.