History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.100

c16.100

³⁴⁶ Sanskrit and Tamil. The characters of the plates belong to the Pallava-grantha, and bear a close resemblance to the Kūram plates. The grant part of the record is preceded by an account of the ancestors of the donor Nandivarman Pallavamalla which was composed by Trivikrama. After the mythical genealogy from Brahma to Aśokavarman, the record mentions the Pallava kings Skandavarman, Kalindavarman, Kāṇagōpa, Virakūrcha, Virasimha, Simhavarman and Vishṇusimha. Then are mentioned Simhavishṇu called Avanisimha, Mahēndravarman (I), his son Narasimhavarman (I), his son Mahēndravarman II, his son Paramēśvaravarman (I), his son Narasimhavarman II, his son Paramēśvaravarman (II). The donor Nandivarman Pallavamalla in whose twenty-second year the record is dated is described as being descended from Simhavishṇu’s younger brother Bhīmavarman, between whom and Nandivarman (II) there intervened the kings Bhīmavarman, Ādityavarman, Govindavarman and Hiraṇya, the father of Nandivarman. The object of the grant which was made at the request of Brahmaśrīrāja was Koḍukoḷḷi which received the name of Ēkadhīramangalam. The donee was Jyēshṭhapāda-Sōmayājin who belonged to the Bhāradvājagōtra a Vedic