In A.D.1762 Nizam Ali Khan dislodged Salabat Jung and proclaimed himself as Nizam. As a result, the French lost their power in India and consequently it also lost influence at Hyderabad. Hostilities recommenced in India between the French and the English in AD.1758 on the outbreak of Seven Years War in Europe in A.D.1756. Literature some are of the Dvipada type and are not available elsewhere. Ramayanamu, Bhagavatamu and other Puranas and Kavyas. There are also copies of standard Telugu works as the Mahabharata, Imitations of the Sanskrit or the English Drama. Representation than the present-day stage dramas which are more often
Reader that they are more original in composition and more artistic in A perusal of these will at once convince the Status and brought on to the royal stage in the reign of Raghunatha NayakĪnd his son Vijayaraghava. The crude Telugu drama the street play was given a literary Of this school is its originality in the production of song and drama known as Represents the Southern School of Telugu Literature. were all patrons of learning besides some of them beingĭistinguished scholars themselves. D.) as well as their successors, the Maratha rulers of Tanjore 1673 A. Before 1947 they were in the forefront of the Aryasamaj Movement in independent India.įor more info to Royal patrons of art, their court pundits and other scholars domicile
They became powerful generals in the Army, administrators in several kingdoms, small business owners, small and large landowners, and politicians and had representation in all streams of society. These 300 men, known as "Samsthanams," and their families moved to Kakatiya Empire and were absorbed into the society.Īfter the fall of the Kakatiya Empire, the Samsthanams with them mostly in and around present day Warangal.
To counter the Islamic invasion at the request of the rulers, a team of 300 top strategists and warriors was sent from Tanjore by the rulers of Kakatiya, who had won a recent victory. The culture and the warfare of the Muslims were new to the Kakatiya rulers. Before the end of the Kakatiya Empire, there were incessant attacks on the Empire from the Muslims. Many centuries ago, 300 families were sent from the present day Andhra Region to Hyderabad State. Patronage of two dynasties, the Telugu Nayaks and the Mahratta Rajas. Together during the three centuries 1500 A. Manuscripts represent a collection, unique in its richness and variety, gathered Of them being themselves poets of a high order. They continued their patronage to Telugu Poets, besides some The Mahratta Rajas succeeded both to the throne and the tradition of the Output, the immediate corollary of the period of Krishnadevaraya at Vijayanagar. The period of the Nayak Kings of Tanjore, was in splendour and richness of Until the latter part of the last century, the prabandha style reigned supreme. Each of these endowed Telugu Poetry with a new individuality. Great men as Mukku Timmana, Tenali Ramakrishna, Pingali Surana andĭhurjati. Telugu Poets, known as the Astadiggajas among whom were included such Besides Peddana, his court contained a galaxy of The prabandha style which owed its origin to Somana and Srinatha was perfected by Allasani Peddana the court-poet of Krishnadevaraya. Everyone knows the great patronage enjoyed under them.