History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.201

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It appears that sometimes a king took another name on coronation which was called *abhiṣekanāma*. Vide Dr. R. C. Majumdar's 'Champā' p. 157 for a list of such names from Champā and Dr. Minakshi's 'Administrative and social life under Pallavas' p. 39 for the Pallava Rājasimha having the coronation name Narasimhavarman. Certain kings, when they performed Aśvamedha, assumed new titles e. g. Kumāragupta I seems to have assumed the title of Mahendra, as is clear from some of his coins on which his name and title occur.