Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.27

c8.s5.27

His younger brother Śivamāra followed, and ruled to at least 713. The Ereganga of *IA.* xiv. 229, who was governing the Toṛe-nāḍ Five Hundred, the Kongal-nāḍ Two Thousand, and the Male Thousand, and who made a grant to Vinadi and Keśadi, the chief temple priests of Panekoḍupāḍi, may have been his son (though not so stated) who is unnamed in the genealogical lists. Śivamāra was also known as Nava Kāma, and as Śiṣṭa-priyaḥ (beloved by the good), the name by which he describes and signs himself (Md 113). He is moreover styled Pṛithivī-Kongaṇi. He had two Pallava princes in his charge (Md 113), perhaps as hostages, or as their guardian, which goes to confirm the account of his elder brother’s conquests. They were the sons of the Pallava yuvarāja, who is not named, and are called Pallavādhirājas. Beginning with Nj 26 of this reign, which records a grant in the Punnāḍ Six Thousand, stone inscriptions become the general rule.