Kannada literature (English Wikipedia)

David Crystal's Dictionary of Language, (Crystal 2001, p. 177), "... with inscriptions dating from the late 6th century AD, ... Crystal, David (2001). A Dictionary of Language. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Pp. 390. ISBN 0-226-12203-4.
Other scholars have dated the earliest Kannada inscription to 450 A.D.(Master 1944, pp. 297–307), 500 A.D. (Mugaḷi 1975, p. 2), and "about 500" (Pollock 2006, pp. 331–332). Epigraphist G. S. Gai has dated it to the "end of the fifth century A. D. or the beginning of the 6th century A.D." (Gai 1992, pp. 300–301); epigraphist, D. C. Sircar to "about the end of the 6th century," (Sircar 1996, p. 48) Master, Alfred (1944). "Indo-Aryan and Dravidian". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 11 (2): 297–307. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00072487. S2CID 170552998. Mugaḷi, Raṃ Śrī (1975). History of Kannada literature. Sahitya Akademi. OCLC 2492406. Pollock, Sheldon (2006). The Language of Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Pre-modern India. Berkeley and London: University of California Press. Pp. 703. ISBN 0-520-24500-8. Gai, Govind Swamirao (1992). "Epigraphy and Culture". Studies in Indian History, Epigraphy, and Culture. Karnataka, India: Shrihari Prakashana. Pp. 346. Sircar, D. C. (1996) [1965]. Indian Epigraphy. Motilal Banarsidass Publications. ISBN 81-208-1166-6.

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Kannada literature. (2008). Encyclopædia Britannica: "The earliest records in Kannada are full length inscriptions dating from the 5th century AD onward. The earliest literary work is the Kavirajamarga (c. AD 850), a treatise on poetics based on a Sanskrit model."

"Inscriptions". Official website of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Government of India. Classicalkannada.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
"Sobagina Sone". Official website of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Government of India. Classicalkannada.org. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

Other scholars have dated the earliest Kannada inscription to 450 A.D.(Master 1944, pp. 297–307), 500 A.D. (Mugaḷi 1975, p. 2), and "about 500" (Pollock 2006, pp. 331–332). Epigraphist G. S. Gai has dated it to the "end of the fifth century A. D. or the beginning of the 6th century A.D." (Gai 1992, pp. 300–301); epigraphist, D. C. Sircar to "about the end of the 6th century," (Sircar 1996, p. 48) Master, Alfred (1944). "Indo-Aryan and Dravidian". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 11 (2): 297–307. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00072487. S2CID 170552998. Mugaḷi, Raṃ Śrī (1975). History of Kannada literature. Sahitya Akademi. OCLC 2492406. Pollock, Sheldon (2006). The Language of Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Pre-modern India. Berkeley and London: University of California Press. Pp. 703. ISBN 0-520-24500-8. Gai, Govind Swamirao (1992). "Epigraphy and Culture". Studies in Indian History, Epigraphy, and Culture. Karnataka, India: Shrihari Prakashana. Pp. 346. Sircar, D. C. (1996) [1965]. Indian Epigraphy. Motilal Banarsidass Publications. ISBN 81-208-1166-6.

"Sahitya Akademi–India's National Akademi of Letters". Awards and fellowships. Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.

"Awardees detail for the Jnanpith Award". Official website of Bharatiya Jnanpith. Bharatiya Jnanpith. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2008.

Other scholars have dated the earliest Kannada inscription to 450 A.D.(Master 1944, pp. 297–307), 500 A.D. (Mugaḷi 1975, p. 2), and "about 500" (Pollock 2006, pp. 331–332). Epigraphist G. S. Gai has dated it to the "end of the fifth century A. D. or the beginning of the 6th century A.D." (Gai 1992, pp. 300–301); epigraphist, D. C. Sircar to "about the end of the 6th century," (Sircar 1996, p. 48) Master, Alfred (1944). "Indo-Aryan and Dravidian". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 11 (2): 297–307. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00072487. S2CID 170552998. Mugaḷi, Raṃ Śrī (1975). History of Kannada literature. Sahitya Akademi. OCLC 2492406. Pollock, Sheldon (2006). The Language of Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Pre-modern India. Berkeley and London: University of California Press. Pp. 703. ISBN 0-520-24500-8. Gai, Govind Swamirao (1992). "Epigraphy and Culture". Studies in Indian History, Epigraphy, and Culture. Karnataka, India: Shrihari Prakashana. Pp. 346. Sircar, D. C. (1996) [1965]. Indian Epigraphy. Motilal Banarsidass Publications. ISBN 81-208-1166-6.

"Awardees detail for the Jnanpith Award". Official website of Bharatiya Jnanpith. Bharatiya Jnanpith. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
"Sahitya Akademi–India's National Akademi of Letters". Awards and fellowships. Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
"Inscriptions". Official website of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Government of India. Classicalkannada.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

Other scholars have dated the earliest Kannada inscription to 450 A.D.(Master 1944, pp. 297–307), 500 A.D. (Mugaḷi 1975, p. 2), and "about 500" (Pollock 2006, pp. 331–332). Epigraphist G. S. Gai has dated it to the "end of the fifth century A. D. or the beginning of the 6th century A.D." (Gai 1992, pp. 300–301); epigraphist, D. C. Sircar to "about the end of the 6th century," (Sircar 1996, p. 48) Master, Alfred (1944). "Indo-Aryan and Dravidian". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 11 (2): 297–307. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00072487. S2CID 170552998. Mugaḷi, Raṃ Śrī (1975). History of Kannada literature. Sahitya Akademi. OCLC 2492406. Pollock, Sheldon (2006). The Language of Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Pre-modern India. Berkeley and London: University of California Press. Pp. 703. ISBN 0-520-24500-8. Gai, Govind Swamirao (1992). "Epigraphy and Culture". Studies in Indian History, Epigraphy, and Culture. Karnataka, India: Shrihari Prakashana. Pp. 346. Sircar, D. C. (1996) [1965]. Indian Epigraphy. Motilal Banarsidass Publications. ISBN 81-208-1166-6.