History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.36

c16.36

The plates mention in order Konkaṇivarma Dharma-Mahādhirāja of the *Kāṇvāyanagōtra*, his son Mādhava Mahādhirāja I, who was an able exponent of the science of polity, his son Āryavarman who is described to have been ‘duly installed on the throne by Simhavarma-Mahārāja, the lord of the prosperous Pallava family’ and his son Mādhava Mahādhirāja II who was duly installed on the throne by the illustrious Pallava king Skandavarman. The object of the grant is to register sixty-five paddy-fields in *Paruvivishaya* to Kumāra-Śarman of the *Vatsagōtra*. Exception has been taken by Dr. Fleet to this copper-plate grant. He considers them genuine as against others and the mention of the contemporaneous Pallava kings Simhavarma-Mahārāja and Skandavarma-Mahārāja is important. It is probable that they were related as father and son.