History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.8

c16.8

Eight plates from Hirahadagalli, in the Bellari District. Prakrit. Records that the Pallava king Śivaskandavarman of Kāñchi, who belonged to the Bhāradvāja-gōtra and is said to have performed *Agniṣṭōma*, *Vājapēya* and *Aśvamedha* sacrifices, confirmed and enlarged in the eighth year of his reign a grant made formerly by the great king, the Lord-Bappa (his father), to certain Brahmans residing at Āpitti, and who are described as *bhojakas*, of the village of Chillarēkakoḍuṅka, in the Sātāhaniraṭṭha. The gift consisted of a garden in the above village, the income of which was to be divided in a specified manner.