Pallava Seal

A seventh-century stone inscription. A 1,400-year-old murder. A dynasty that has killed to keep both buried. When epigraphist Dr. Kaveri Anand uncovers a concealed panel behind a Pallava rock relief at Mahabalipuram, she expects a career-defining discovery. What she finds is something far more dangerous — a meticulous accusation carved in stone by a sculptor who knew it would cost him his life, au...