# SII 12.10: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 10. (A.R. No. 51 of 1905).
DAḶAVĀṈŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE
ROCK-CUT CAVE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0010

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0010.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This epigraph consisting of a Sanskrit verse, states that the (cave)
temple on the hill was executed by the order of king Narēndra alias
Śatrumalla and named ‘Śatrumallēśvarālaya.’ Mahēndravarman I had the
title ‘Śatrumalla’ and according to the present inscription he had also
the biruda ‘Narēndra’. It may be pointed out here that the Vāyalūr
inscription gives the epithet ‘Narēndrasiṁha’ to Rājasiṁha; but the
simpler and earlier style of the Daḷavāṉūr temple, however, precludes
its assignment to the time of this king.

This cave temple is described in the Memoir of the Archaeological Survey
of India, No. 17, pages 12-13.

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII, page 225.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.10 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
6, item 10.