About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Telugu-language media, Telugu-language songs, Telugu inscriptions, Telugu literature, Translators to Telugu, Early Telugu epigraphy, Paryavaran Kavitodyamam, Vijayanagara literature, Kanyasulkam, Bhargavi Rao, Telugu poetry, Astadiggajas, Eenadu, Zee Telugu, Harita Kata, List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu language, We Have a Romeo, Bhandaru Acchamamba, Telugu drama, Gayopakhyanam, Maa Telugu Thalliki, Sumathi Satakam, Mutyala Saralu, Ekaveera, Telugu Wikipedia, A uddhat, Edesamegina Endukalidina, International Telugu Institute, Dasarathi Satakam, Barrister Parvateesam, Sakshi, Kavitrayam, Bharatha Mathaku Jejelu, Ushasri, States of India by Telugu speakers, Amaravati Kathalu, Simhadri Narasimha Satakam, Vanitha TV, Garikapati Narasimha Rao, Illeramma Kathalu, Sogasu cUDa taramA, Pancha Kavyas, Broche varevaru ra, Sarveswara Satakam, Namaste Telangana, Telugu Radio, Sapthagiri Magazine, Gruhalakshmi Swarnakankanam, Vissa, Thakita Thadimi, Tenglish, Suryaa, Dandakam, Gemini Movies, Ganapathi. Excerpt: The Telugu literature or Telugu Sahityam (Telugu: ) is one of the most precious possessions of the literary products of India. Telugu literature is rich reserve of poems, stories, dramas and puranas. It flowered in the early 16th century under the Vijayanagar empire, of which Telugu was the court language. Telugu separated from proto-dravidian around 1500-1000 BCE along with parji, kolami, nayaki and gadaba languages. Even though it still retains some of the primitive Dravidian characters, it is heavily influenced by Sanskrit and Prakrit. Another school of thought is that Telugu is Vikriti, that is a language formed by modification of Sanskrit and Prakrit. Apparently Andhras adopted a form of Prakrit which, in course of development, became the immediate ancestor of Telugu literature. Literary texts in Telu...