The Rashtrakutas and their Times c23.s2.7

c23.s2.7

A glance at the inscriptions of our period is sufficient to indicate the firm hold of the kāvya or classical style of writing upon the Deccan of our period. All the merits and defects of that style are reflected in our epigraphs. The composers of our grants were no doubt poets of mediocre ability, but they had carefully studied standard works of the classical Sanskrit literature. Kielhorn has shown how the poets, who have composed the s'āsanas of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas were greatly indebted for their expressions to works like the Vāsavadattā of Subandhu and Kādambarī and Harshacharit of Bāṇa. (29)