History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s1.2
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s1.2
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c18.s1.2
1. Simhavarman Pallava's grant of the village of Vilavaṭṭi to the Brāhmaṇa Viṣṇuśarman.¹ The village is identified by Dr. Kṛṣṇamacarlu with Viḍavalūru, in the Nellore District of Madras. The grant is dated in the tenth year of the King's reign, or A.D. 446. Among the numerous local taxes mentioned are those on iron, leather shops, clothworkers, cloak makers, ropeworks, and Ājīvikas.²