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12th century 18th century ancient Andhra Pradesh anthologies architecture artist award Bādāmi Bangalore became Belonging Bhāgavata Bharatanatyam called campū centre century A.D. Chalukyas Chera Chola composed compositions constructed contemporary court criticism culture dance dedicated deity devotional district of Karnataka drama Dravidian dynasty early epic episodes extant Gangas Hoysala India inscriptions Iyer Jain Kalyāṇa Kanchi Kannada language Kannada literature Karnataka music Kathakali Kerala king kingdom known Krishna Krishnadevaraya language later literary Madras Mahābhārata Malayalam poet musician Mysore narrates novel Pallava Pandyas period philosophy Pillai plays poem poetic poetry popular prominent prose pupils purāṇa rāga Rāmāyaṇa Rāṣṭrakūṭas renowned reputed rule Sahitya Academy Sangam literature Sanskrit Sastry scholar sculpture short stories significant Śiva social songs South style taluk Tamil literature Tamilnadu Tanjore Telugu language Telugu literature Telugu poet temple theatre theme tion tradition translated treatise Tyāgarāja vacana-s Veerashaiva verses Vijayanagar village Warangal Wodeyar wrote Yakṣagāna