History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.16

c16.16

The characters belong to the Gupta alphabet, the language is partly Sanskrit prose and partly verse. The record is undated. It gives abundant details as regards the conquests of Samudragupta, the divisions and kings of India in the fourth century A.D. Among the southern kings that Samudragupta conquered and released, the record mentions Mahēndra of Kosala, Vyāgrarāja of Mahākāntara, Mantarāja of Kaurāla, Mahēndra of Paiṣṭāpura, Svāmidatta of Koṭṭūra on the hill, Damana of Erāṇḍapalla, Viṣṇugōpa of Kāñchī, Nilarāja of Āvamukta, Hastivarman of Vēṅgi, Ugrasēna of Palakka, Kubhēra of Dēvarāṣṭra, Danamjaya of Kausthalāpura, and all other kings of the region of the south. The inscription proves that Viṣṇugōpa of Kāñchī, one of the several southern kings defeated by Samudragupta, flourished in the second quarter of the fourth century A.D.