[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c19.s1.21 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.21 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.21 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.21) Kerala was prolific in Sandeśa-Kāvyas which have been found there in scores. The Śukasandeśa of Lakshmidāsa (A.D. 1100) is the earliest and perhaps the best. The Kokilasandeśa of Uddaṇḍa Kavi (fifteenth century), and the Mayūrasandeśa of Udaya, the commentator of Locanā (same century), and the Bhringa Sandeśa of Vāsudeva (sixteenth century) also deserve mention. Apart from their lyrical merit, these poems have a historical and topographical interest as they refer to contemporary personalities and events and contain detailed descriptions of the routes of the respective messengers. King Ravivarman Kulaśekhara of Travancore found time for literary pursuits in the midst of his stormy career; he wrote the Pradyumnābhyudaya, a drama in five acts on the marriage of Pradyumna and Prabhāvati, and was the patron of Samudrabandha, the author of a learned commentary on the Alankāra-sarvasva of Ruyyaka of Kashmir. - [Previous: c19.s1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.20) - [Next: c19.s1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.22) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (4) - [Alaṅkārasarvasva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.alamkara.alamkarasarvasva) — Ruyyaka, Sanskrit - [Kokilasandeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.kerala.kokilasandesa) — Uddaṇḍa Śāstrin, Sanskrit - [Pradyumnābhyudaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.krsna.pradyumnabhyudaya) — Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara, Sanskrit - [Bhṛṅgasandeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.kerala.bhrngasandesa) — Vāsudeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.21) · Pramāṇa