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108 ANDHRA KARNATA GAINISM. to attribute the .rendering of Mahābhāratam in Telugu or Andhram by Nannaya Bhatta under the patronage of the Eastern Chalukya Rāja Rāja Narēndra of Rafahmundry. •"
Of specimens of Kannada and Telugu earlier than Kannada Kaviraja Mārga or Andhra Mahābhārata, I give below a summary of select references available in epigraphical publications :
Traces of the Canarese Language in Inscriptions
earlier than S. 736.
Traces of Telugu Inscriptions earlier
than S. 944,
W. Gangas.
S. 169.-Sanskrit aud S. 890.--Sannamuru Canarcse Tanjore Plates of grant of Bana AggaArivarma (Ind. Ant. VIII). paraju (Nellore Ins.)
S. 188.-Sanskrit and Ahadanakaram Canarese Plates of Hari- Plates (Sanskrit varma (Ep. Car. III). and Telugu) of
Eastern Chaltikyas Mahārāja Vishnu
vardhana. S. 261.–Kalchavi (Kalivishnu, Sanskrit and Canarcse : vardhana) Jaina Insn. of Kambha- (Ind. Ant. Vol. rasa (Ind. Ant. XVIII). XVIII).
S. 588.-Sanskrit and Rạnastipudi Plates Canarese Plates of Avi- of the eighth year nita (Coorg Insns. No. 1). of Vimalāditya Vish
nuvarddhana S. 933. (Ep. In. VI).
