History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.98

c16.98

The object of the Sanskrit portion is to register a grant made at the request of one of his military officers Udayachandra by Nandivarman Pallavamalla in the twenty-first year of the reign. Udayachandra is described as belonging to the Pūchan family and as residing in the city of Villivala on the River Vēgavati. The record gives the mythical genealogy, and the race of Simhavishṇu and his successors. It describes Nandivarman-Pallavamalla as the son of Paramēśvaravarman II. The most interesting part of the grant is that relating to the services rendered by Udayachandra to Pallavamalla which included the release of his sovereign from Nandipura where he was besieged by the Tamil kings, the killing of Chitramāya, defeat of the Śabara king Udayana, the Nishāda chief Prithivī-Vyāghra, and the subjection of the district of Vishṇurāja to the Pallava, etc. The donees were hundred and eight Brāhmans, while the grant consisted of Kumāramangala-Veḷḷatur and two water-levers. The Tamil endorsement dated in the twenty-sixth year of Ko-Parakēsarivarman relates to the agreement of two villages Udayachandramangalam and the neighbouring village of Kānchivāyil to form one village of the two.