A Descriptive And Historical Account Of The Godavery District In The Presidency Of Madras

The papers contained in this volume, descriptive of the sculptures, inscriptions and monolithic temples known as the Seven Pagodas, have been reprinted in a collected form, under the orders of the Government of Madras, with a view to promote the intelligent study and examination of these interesting relics of a bygone age. It contains a description of the ruins at Mahabalipuram in the form of six chapters by various noted scholars. The author of the first essay visited in 1772 and then in 1776. The Sanskrit inscriptions are doubtless anterior in date to those in the Tamil language. Some notes, corrective and explanatory, have been added by the Editor; these are distinguished by brackets [ ]. The orthography of Indian names occurring in these papers has been revised, and a uniform system of transliteration adopted. The book has a sketch map and contains ground plans of the monolithic temples and principal excavations. The book was compiled in 1869.