[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Pallavas of Kanchi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928) › c16.8 # History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.8 History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.8 - **Language:** English ### [c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.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. - [Previous: c16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.7) - [Next: c16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.9) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.8) · Pramāṇa