IO (1173-1220) conferred the title Kavi-chakravarti on the poet Janna. His minister Bachi-raja is described in an inscription1 as the equal of Poona in poetical skill. At the instance of two other ministers of his, namely, Chandramauli and Vasudhaikalbandhava-Recharasa, Rudrabhatta and Achanna wrote respectively the Jagannathavijaya and the Vardhamanapurana. Under the patronage of Padmanabha, another subordinate of his, Nemichandra composed the Ai dhanemi. Polalva-dandanatha, the minister of Narasıniha II (1220-1235) was the author of the poeni Ilaricharitra. Mallikarjund, the father of Kesiraja, wrote the Suktisudharnuva for the recreation of Somesvara (1233 1254) THE EASTERN CHALUKYAS --As stated before, Ginagankıyam, d work on prosody, Caine into existence during the reign of Gunaganka-Vijayaditya (844-888) Narayandbhatta, who helped Nannayya-bhatta, the court poet of Rajaraja (1022-1063), in the composition of the Telugu Bharata, was also a kannada poet. THE RATTAS OF SAUNDATTI -- Paisva-pandita, the author of the Parsvanat ha-purana, was the court poet of Kartavirya IV (1202--1220), and the poet Balachandra-kavikandarpa also flourished during the same reign Gunavarma II was patronised by Santı varma, a subordinate of the same king THE SILAHARAS OF KARAD - By order of La lkshmanaRaja, the son of Gandara ditya, Kannaparyd wrote the Neminat ha-purana The Lilavatı was also composed during the same reign by Nemichandra. THE KONGALVAS.--Mauktika-kavi, the author of the Cliandranathashtaka, seems to have been patronised by ViraKon galva 'c, 11:0). THE CHENGALVAS.--Mangarasa III, who wrote the Samyaktva-kaumudi (1508) and other works, was the son of Vijaya, the chief of Kallahalli, who was the hereditary 1 Hassan 119.
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