History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.30

c16.30

14. Ōmgōḍu Plates of Simhavarman II. H. K. Sastri, *Ep. Ind.*, vol. xiv, p. 252; also *Mad. Ep. Rep. for 1916*, Pt. ii, p. 113. Five copper-plates on a ring with no seal. Sanskrit language: characters same. The object of the grant is to register a gift of the village of Ōmgōḍu in Karmarāshṭra to a certain Dēvaśarman, who was a resident of Kēndūr and belonged to *Kasyapagōtra*. The grant was made in the fourth year of the reign, in the month of *Vaiśākha Śuklapaksha Panchami*. It is taken as having been given on the occasion of an eclipse. The donor Simhavarman (II) is stated to have been the son of Yuva Mahārāja Vishṇugōpa, grandson of Mah. Skandavarman, and the great-grandson of Mah. Vīravarman.