Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam Epigraphical Series. Vol. I. Early Inscriptions

Meanwhile the rise of the Kadambas in the 4th century under Mayuragarman cut off the sphere of authority of the Pallavas on the west and the north up to 8riparvata (grigaila) and occasioned constant struggles between the two powers during the 4th and 5th centuries. [...] The displacement in the meantime of the (Western) Chälukyas in the middle of the 8th century by the Rdshtrakiitas or Rattas of Malkhad or MEtnyakheta did not give the Pallavas any relief on that side for together with 2PALLAVAS the sovereignty of the Chalukyas over the Dakkan in that quarter the Rishtrakatas inherited their family enmity with the Pallavas ; and during their supremacy for nearl [...] The preservation down to this day of the term " Yogi " in the name " YogMallavaram" of the now separated western portion of the ancient village containing the Siva temple supports the inference above indicated regarding the transmutation of the original name of the village. [...] T. takes us to the last days of the reign of Aparajita and the end of the Pallava rule at the close of the gth century. [...] With the fall of the Pallavas came the suppression of the Binarayas who had long upheld the Pallava power and the substitution of the rule of the Ganga kings in Vanagappali the W.lip country at the hands of the Chola Paruntaka I at the beginning of the loth century.