History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.84

c16.84

¹⁴⁵ This record is engraved on a cubical pillar in the Vyāghrapurīśvara temple at Vāyalūr. It is written in the usual Grantha-Pallava characters of the florid type used in the Ramānuja *maṇḍapa* and the Gaṇeśa temple inscriptions at Mahābalipuram, and the Kailāsanātha inscription at Kāñchīpura. It gives a list of the Pallava kings in genealogical order. Beginning with the names of Brahma, Angirasa, etc., it proceeds to mention the names of Aśoka, Harigupta, Āryavarman, Bhūtadatta, etc. and a long list of further names obviously in the order of descent. These