Medieval Karnataka

Hindu kingdom in Southern India (14th-17th century)

classical Indian dynasty (543–753)

prominent empire that ruled most of the what is now Karnataka, India between the 10th and the 14th centuries

early medieval period Indian dynasty (r. mid-6th to 10th century)

ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India

empire which ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries

Indian dynasty

ancient Indian Ruling Dynasty

short-lived 14th century Hindu kingdom of Karnataka

thumb|right|A Stanza from Kavirajamarga which praises the people for their literary skills Kavirajamarga () (850 C.E.) is the earliest available work on rhetoric, poetics and grammar in the Kannada language. It was inspired by or written in part by the famous Rashtrakuta King Amoghavarsha I, and some historians claim it is based partly on the Sanskrit text Kavyadarsha. Some historians believe Kavirajamarga may have been co-authored by a poet in the king's court, the Kannada language theorist Sri-vijaya.