जारिमिनगिरि एस. कृष्णस्वामि आय्यांगारनि बादिब्ला पल्लवफोरा तन्डैमन्डलमनि थागिबिमोन आरो पल्लव मुङा त'न्डैयार सोदोबजों रोखोमसे।
According to historian S. Krishnaswami Aiyengar, the Pallavas were natives of Tondaimandalam and the name Pallava is identical to the word Tondaiyar.