History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.183

c16.183

A set of seven copper-plates having a seal with several emblems the principal figure being a bull. The language of the first three plates is Sanskrit in the old Grantha characters, the remaining plates in Tamil. The object of the record is to record the grant of Śrī-Nṛpatunga, in the sixth year of his reign, a gift of the village of Pratimadēvi-Caturvēdimangalam to certain Brahmans. The genealogy of the donor is traced from Viṣṇu to Pallava through Āngirasa, Bharadvāja, Drōṇa and Drōṇi, and from Pallava through Harigupta, Aśokavarman, Kalarvyavarma, Narasimha, Mahēndra, Nṛpati, Rājasimha, to Śrī-Dantivarman the father of the donor.