Nayaka period

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The Nayaka period was a post-Vijayanagara era in South India marked by regional Nayaka rulers whose courts significantly fostered and shaped the development of Telugu literature.

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instanceOf historical period
post-Vijayanagara period
associatedWithLanguage Kannada NERFINISHED
Tamil NERFINISHED
Telugu NERFINISHED
emergedFrom fragmentation of Vijayanagara Empire
follows Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED
hasArtisticFeature development of temple murals
patronage of music compositions in Telugu and Sanskrit
support for Bharatanatyam and related dance traditions
hasCapital Gingee (under Gingee Nayakas) NERFINISHED
Madurai (under Madurai Nayakas) NERFINISHED
Thanjavur (under Thanjavur Nayakas)
hasCulturalFeature court patronage of literature
development of Telugu literature
expansion of temple complexes
multi-lingual literary culture
production of courtly chronicles
promotion of dance and music
temple-centered kingship
hasEconomicFeature agrarian revenue system
military fief-holding (amaram) system
hasFormOfGovernment Nayaka rule
hasMajorDynasty Gingee Nayakas NERFINISHED
Ikkeri Nayakas NERFINISHED
Keladi Nayakas NERFINISHED
Madurai Nayakas NERFINISHED
Senji Nayakas NERFINISHED
Thanjavur Nayakas NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalStructure independent Nayaka kingdoms (later phase)
regional polities under nominal Vijayanagara suzerainty (early phase)
hasRulingElite Nayaka rulers NERFINISHED
influenced Telugu literary style
court poetry in South India
political culture of successor states in South India
temple architecture in Tamil region
locatedIn South India
partOf early modern history of India
patronized Sanskrit scholars
Shaivite institutions
Telugu poets
Vaishnavite institutions
temple festivals
religion Hinduism
timePeriod approximately 16th century
approximately 17th century
early 18th century (in some regions)

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Telugu literature hasPeriod Nayaka period