History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c15.s3.3

v1.c15.s3.3

While Chālukya records represent Pallavas as defeated by Vikramāditya this grant represents him as flying from the field covered with a rag or rather a “langoti.” to use in Marathi. However both accounts may be true; as there are usually successes and reverses between equally matched opponents. The further interest of this record is that it presents Parameśvaravarman as fond of poetry. And the occurrence of the word Rāṣtra as the name of a division or district shows that the Pallavas originally came from the Mahārāṣṭras. We will refer to this again later on.