HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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eight great ministers like the Maratha Astapradhans
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eight great musicians
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eight great scholars of Telugu literature
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eight great Nayaks of the Empire of Vijayanagar
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ashtadiggajas is the collective title given to the eight Telugu scholars and poets in the court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya who ruled the Vijayanagara Empire from 1509 until his death in 1529. During his reign, Telugu literature and culture reached its zenith.
Detailed explanation-2: -The village of Thippalur in the present-day Cuddapah district was given to the Ashtadiggajas by the emperor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Krishnadevaraya was noted to be linguistically neutral as he ruled a multilingual empire. He is known to have patronised poets and issued inscriptions in languages as varied as Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. Krishna Deva Raya himself was a polyglot, fluent in Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Vijayanagara Empire, the rulers actively encouraged the creation of literary works. Many literary works were written in languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit. Krishnadeva Raya, one of the most popular Vijayanagara emperors, wrote Amuktamalyada in Telugu.