# SII 12.28: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NARASIMHAVARMAN II RAJASIMHA. No. 28. (A.R. No. 566
of 1912). MAHĀBALIPURAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE
PLINTHS OF TWO Balipīṭhas EXCAVATED IN THE COURTYARD OF THE SHORE TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0028

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0028.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This is a damaged record consisting of six Sanskṛit verses in praise of
the Pallava king Rājasiṁha or Narēndrasiṁha Atyantakāma who is given a
number of epithets which help to identify him with Narasiṁha II. The
Shore Temple at Mahābalipuram and the Tāḷapurisvara temple at Panamalai
are representative of the type of architecture that prevailed in the
time of Narasimha.

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XIX, pages 107 and 108.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.28 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
13, item 28.