SII 12.26: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: NARASIMHAVARMAN II RAJASIMHA. No. 26. (A.R. No. 368 of 1908). VĀYALŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE GŌPURA OF THE VYĀGHRAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is engraved in florid Pallava-Grantha characters in the form of a helix on a cubical pillar of the Pallava type, supporting the gōpura in front of the temple. The pillar seems to have belonged to some other temple in the vicinity. Of Pallava structural monuments in the Chingleput district, only those at Mahābalipuram and Conjeeveram are known. The pillars at Vāyalūr and Tiruppōrūr¹ suggest the existence of other such monuments in the district.

The present record purports to give the genealogy of Pallava kings from Brahmā down, through fifty-four generations, to king Rājasiṁha. The last verse of the inscription suggests that it was intended to perpetuate the accession of Rājasiṁha (Narasiṁha II) to the throne.

Language: Undetermined (und) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0026.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0026.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:11 (e60c7f9), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVIII, pages 150 and 151.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.26 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 12, item 26.

Notes

1. No. 27 below.

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