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# History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.63

History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.63

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### [c16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.63)

This is a duplicate of Gaṇēśa temple inscription and proves that the cave-temple now called Dharmarāja Maṇḍapa was in reality a Śiva temple and that it was erected at the orders of the Pallava king Paramēśvara, who named it Atyantakāma-Pallavēśvara after one of his own surnames Atyantakāma.

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