History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c6.10

c6.10

Among other writers on the subject Dr. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar has published a valuable account of ‘The Origin and Early History of the Pallavas’ in the Journal of Indian History,¹ then published in Allahabad. This contribution represents the author’s latest investigations on this subject, and, having been published in 1923 is the most recent work on the subject of an authoritative character. A large number of papers on ‘the inscriptions, monuments and literature of the period appeared in various journals, some of these being contributed by Mr. Gopinatha Rao on ‘the Ganga-Pallavas,’ Mr. K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar, on ‘the Ancient History of Conjeevaram’ published in the Madras Christian College Magazine, ‘the Literary History of the Pallava Age’ by Mr. Rangaswami Sarasvati in the Journal of the Mythic Society and the ‘Antiquities of Mahabalipuram’ by Dr. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar. Some of the historical portions of the district manuals contain accounts of varying value about the Pallavas, while more recently accounts have also been published in Tamil, the most notable of these being that of Mr. P. T. Srinivasa Aiyangar, entitled A History of the Pallavas.