History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c24.22

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The title of Pūrṇavarmana’s father, rājādhirāja, is comparable with the identical Gupta title and the Gaṅga title of Mahādhirāja. It is certain that the family of Java was Śaiva and had come into existence in the Pallava time, and that it knew the influence of the Guptas which is indicated by the title of the king’s father and the Vākāṭaka script at Chi-Arutön which is accompanied with a shell writing—an essentially northern writing—between the big toes of the foot prints. Taking the date of the inscription c. 450 A.D. as suggested by Dr. Vogel, the time of the grandfather of Pūrṇavarman will be about 375 A.D., and the time of the foundation of the family about the same as that of the Borneo dynasty of Aśvavarman. The names of northern rivers (Chandrabhāgā, Gomatī) should not be a matter of surprise, as the Pallavas themselves were northerners and their whole court and subordinate rulers were northerners.