# SII 12.4: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Section I. No. 4. (C.P. No. 1 of 1905). PĪKIRA GRANT
OF SIṀHAVARMAN: 5TH YEAR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0004

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0004.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This Sanskrit grant was issued from the royal camp at Mēnmātura, in the
5th year of the reign of the Pallava king Mahārāja Siṁhavarman, son of
Yuva-Mahārāja Vishṇugōpa, grandson of Mahārāja Skandavarman and
great-grandson of Mahārāja Vīravarman. It registers the grant of the
village Pīkira in Muṇḍa-rāshṭra, to Vilāsaśarman of the Kāśyapa-(gōtra)
and of the Taittirīya-(śākhā).

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII, pp. 161 ff.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.4 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943
converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
2, item 4.