Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.12 Telugu language and classical literature

3.5.12.9 Qutb Shahi and southern-school literature: Telaganarya, Yakshagana and the Nayak courts

After the fall of Vijayanagara (1565), Telugu poetry found two new homes: the Qutb Shahi court of Golconda, whose Muslim rulers patronised Telugu poets, and the Nayak and Maratha courts of Tanjore and Madurai, where the "southern school" made the yakshagana its signature form.

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Key terms

  • Qutb Shahis
  • Golconda
  • Ibrahim Qutb Shah
  • Malki Bharam
  • Addanki Gangadhara
  • Tapati Samvaranopakhyanamu
  • Ponnaganti Telaganarya
  • Yayati Charitra
  • achcha Telugu
  • Amin Khan
  • Kandukuri Rudrakavi
  • Sugriva Vijayamu
  • Nirankusopakhyanamu
  • yakshagana
  • Dakshinandhra yugam
  • southern school
  • Tanjore Nayaks
  • Raghunatha Nayak
  • Vijayaraghava Nayak
  • Chemakura Venkatakavi
  • Vijayavilasamu
  • Sarangadhara Charitra
  • Rangajamma
  • Madurai Nayaks
  • Tanjore Marathas
  • Shahaji
  • Muddupalani

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