History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c9.s2.16

c9.s2.16

*Various Orders of Succession.*—According to Prof. Jouveau-Dubreuil the series of kings Skaṇdavarman—Kumāravishṇu—Buddhavarman I—Kumāravishṇu (donor) of the Chandalūr plates, ruled in Kāñchi before the series, Simhavarman (mentioned in the Uruvappalli plates) Skaṇdavarman and Naṇdivarman, and that, owing to the resemblance of the Chandalūr plates and the Uruvappalli plates, Kumāravishṇu I would have been the immediate predecessor of Simhavarman of Kāñchi. But a close examination of the copper-plates of this period shows that the Chandalūr plates are by no means the most ancient of these, as in the opinion of M. Jouveau-Dubreuil. The style and the language employed, from the use of numerical symbols and the citation of date after the manner of the earlier Prakrit charters and the spaces marked between words, almost clearly suggest proximity to the Āndhra period.¹ If such be the case the Ōmgōḍu grant (No. 1) is the most ancient of the Sanskrit charters that we have.