ish ers ▁of ▁the ▁K arn at ab ala , ▁a ▁sob ri quet ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁near ▁inv inci b ility ▁of ▁the ▁Chal uky as ▁of ▁Bad ami . ▁ ▁This ▁however ▁it ▁is ▁claimed ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁constru ed ▁to ▁mean ▁that ▁the ▁Ras ht rak ut as ▁themselves ▁were ▁not ▁K ann ad ig as . ▁Their ▁patron age ▁and ▁love ▁of ▁the ▁K ann ada ▁language ▁is ▁apparent ▁in ▁that ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁ins cri ptions ▁within ▁modern ▁K arn ata ka ▁are ▁in ▁K ann ada , ▁while ▁their ▁ins cri ptions ▁outside ▁of ▁modern ▁K arn ata ka ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁S ansk rit . ▁An ▁ins cription ▁in ▁classical ▁K ann ada ▁of ▁King ▁Kr ish na ▁III ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁found ▁as ▁far ▁away ▁as ▁J ab al pur ▁in ▁modern ▁Mad h ya ▁Pr adesh ▁which ▁further ▁supports ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁their ▁aff inity ▁to ▁the ▁language . ▁ ▁Ad ik avi ▁P ampa , ▁Sri ▁P onna , ▁Sh iv ak ot ia ch ary a ▁and ▁King ▁Am og hav ar sha ▁I ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁not ew orth y ▁sch ol ars ▁in ▁K ann ada , ▁the ▁Ap ab hr am sha ▁poet ▁P ush pad anta ▁wrote ▁several ▁works ▁and ▁famous ▁S ansk rit ▁sch ol ars ▁such ▁as ▁J inas ena ▁and ▁Vir as ena ▁( both ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁the olog ians ), ▁math ematic ian ▁Mah av ira ch ary a