# SII 12.18: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN II. No. 18. (A.R. No. 662 of 1922). ON
THE TOP OF A NICHE IN THE SOUTH WING OF THE SAME VERANDAH

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0018

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0018.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This label, also in Pallava-Grantha characters, gives the name
‘Śrī-Mahēndra-Pōttrāthirājan’. The niche contains the standing image of
a king accompanied by his two queens. It has been stated above that the
king may be identified with Mahēndravarman II.

Published, Ibid.

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## Commentary

Published in the Memoir of the Archaeological Survey of India: No. 26.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.18 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. Pages
9–10, item 18.