History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.18

c16.18

²³³ Five copper-plates from Chendalūr in the Ongole Taluk of the Nellore District. Language is Sanskrit prose and the alphabets closely resemble those of Pikira, Uruvappalli, and Maṅgalūr plates. The inscription is an edict issued from Kāñchīpura in the second year of the reign of the Pallava-Mahārāja Kumāraviṣṇu (II) who is described as the son of Mah. Buddhavarman, the grandson of Mah. Kumāraviṣṇu (I), and the great-grandson of Mah. Skandavarman. The object of the grant is to register the gift of the king to a Brahman in the village of Chendalūra in Kavichakārabhōga, a subdivision of the district of Karmānkarāṣṭra. Of the localities mentioned in the record Kāñchīpuram is the well-known capital of the Pallavas and Chendalūr a village in the Nellore District.