History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.27

c16.27

Six copper-plates. Language, Sanskrit in the southern characters. The grant which was issued from Daśanapura registers the gift of the village of Mangadūr, situated in the country of Vengōrāṣṭra to certain Brahmans. The record is dated in the eighth year of the reign of Simhavarman who is stated to have been the great-grandson of Mah. Śrī-Vīravarman, the grandson of Mah. Skandavarman. Dr. Fleet considered that Simhavarman was an elder brother of Yuva Mahārāja Viṣṇugōpa one of whose grants is dated in the eleventh year of Simhavarman’s reign.