Gunavarma I

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'''Gunavarma I''' was an early Kannada language poet who authored two ''Mahakavya'' (epic poems), the ''Shudraka'' and the ''Harivamsha'' around 900 CE.

His works are considered extinct but are found referenced in later years. According to historians Kamath and Narasimhacharya (also a Kannada language expert), he was patronised by Western Ganga Dynasty King Ereganga Neetimarga II (also called Ereyappa) in the late 9th century and early 10th century period.<ref>Kamath (2001), p50</ref><ref>Narasimhacharya (1988), p18</ref>

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==References== *{{cite book |last=Narasimhacharya|first= R|title= History of Kannada Literature |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.489059|orig-year=1988|year=1988|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location= New Delhi|isbn= 81-206-0303-6 }} *{{cite book |last= Kamath|first= Suryanath U.|title= A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present|orig-year=1980|year= 2001|publisher= Jupiter books|location= Bangalore|oclc= 7796041 |lccn= 80905179}}

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