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# History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c2: Contents

History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c2

- **Language:** English

### Contents

### [c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.1)

INTRODUCTION . . . . .  ix CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY, HISTORY OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND SOURCES OF HISTORY FOR THE PALLAVAS ... ... ... 1

### [c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.2)

II. THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PALLAVAS: PRE-PALLAVA HISTORY OF KANCHIPURA ... 15

### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.3)

III. EARLY PALLAVAS OF THE PRAKRIT RECORDS. 32

### [c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.4)

IV. EARLY PALLAVAS OF THE SANSKRIT RECORDS. 41

### [c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.5)

V. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL POWERS. THE SALANKAYANAS, KADAMBAS, ETC. ... 70

### [c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.6)

VI. THE PALLAVA ASCENDENCY—THE DYNASTY OF SIMHAVISHNU—THE REIGN OF SIMHAVISHNU AND MAHENDRAVARMAN I ... ... 79

### [c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.7)

VII. NARASIMHAVARMAN I (MAHAMALLA) TO RAJASIMHA . . . . .  97

### [c2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.8)

VIII. DYNASTIC REVOLUTION. HIRANYAVARMAN AND HIS SUCCESSOR NANDIVARMAN PALLAVAMALLA . . . . .  113

### [c2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.9)

IX. SUCCESSORS OF PALLAVAMALLA ... ... 132

### [c2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.10)

X. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF PALLAVA RULE IN SOUTH INDIA ... ... ... 146

### [c2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c2.11)

APPENDICES (A) A Chronological Index of Pallava Inscriptions ... 163 (B) Extract from the \*Mahavamsa\* ... ... 215 (C) Extract from the ‘\*Avantisundarikathāsara\*’ ... 221 SPECIAL NOTES BY EDITOR ... ... ... 229 ERRATA . . . . .  233

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