An Encyclopaedia of South Indian Culture

18th century ancient Andhra Pradesh anthologies architecture artist award Badami Bangalore became Belonging Bharatanatyam called campu capital 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 images India inscriptions Iyer Jain Kakatiya Kalyana Kanchi Kannada language Kannada literature Karnataka music Kathakali Kerala king kingdom known Krishna Krishnadevaraya Kucipudi language later literary Madras Malayalam poet musician Mysore narrates novel Pallava Pandyas period philosophy pillars plays poem poetic poetry popular prominent prose pupils Rastrakutas reign renowned reputed rule Sahitya Academy Sangam literature Sanskrit Sastry Satavahanas scholar sculpture short-story significant Siva social songs South story style taluk Tamil literature Tamilnadu Tanjore Telugu language Telugu literature Telugu poet temple theatre theme tion tradition translated Travancore treatise vacana-s Veerashaiva verses Vijayanagar village Warangal Wodeyar wrote Yaksagana