Nriputungavarman Explained

Nriputungavarman^{[1] [2]} was a king of the Pallava dynasty. Nriputungavarman was the younger son of Nandivarman III and his wife, the Rashtrakuta princess Shankha.^[3] Nrpatungavarman^[4] had at least two queens, Viramahadevi^[5] and Kadavanmadevi, as both appear in his inscriptions as donors. Under his reign, the rock-cut shrine at Namakkal was sculpt and a Vishnu temple in Ukkal was commissioned for his queen.^[6]

A copper plate inscription dating to the eighth year of the reign of Nriputunga Varman was unearthed in Bahour in 1879. The inscription in both Sanskrit and Tamil describes a grant of income from three villages to a seat of learning at Bahour.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: History Of Kongu . 1986.
2. Web site: The Pallavas – Part 3 – Indian History and Architecture.
3. 25189883. Velurpalaiyam Plates of Nandivarman III. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 521–524. Venkayya. V.. 1911. 10.1017/S0035869X00041617.
4. Book: The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram . 2008 . D Dennis Hudson . 9780195369229 . Oxford University Press, USA.
5. Book: Anjali Verma . Women and society in early medieval India : re-interpreting epigraphs . 2018 . Routledge India . 978-0429448010.
6. Web site: Copper Plates .
7. News: Chithra Madhavan . Bahur, seat of learning . The Hindu . 19 May 2016 . 2020-01-14 .
8. Two Tamil Inscriptions at Ambur . Hultzsch . E. . E. Hultzsch . . IV . 23 . 180–183 . 1896 . 2020-01-14 .