▁and ▁po ets ▁such ▁as ▁T riv ik rama ▁and ▁Gun ab had ra ▁ad orn ed ▁their ▁courts . ▁The ▁earliest ▁ext ant ▁K ann ada ▁literature ▁belongs ▁to ▁this ▁time . ▁These ▁Ras ht rak uta ▁k ings ▁married ▁prin cess ▁from ▁Northern ▁and ▁Southern ▁India ▁and ▁several ▁Ras ht rak uta ▁branches ▁emer ged ▁in ▁Northern ▁India ▁during ▁their ▁imperial istic ▁expansion ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁argument ▁that ▁the ▁Ras ht rak ut as ▁were ▁either ▁Mar ath i ▁speaking ▁Mar ath as ▁or ▁Tel ug u ▁speaking ▁Red d ies ▁in ▁origin ▁has ▁been ▁rejected . ▁Red dy ' s ▁in ▁that ▁time ▁period ▁had ▁not ▁come ▁into ▁mart ial ▁prom in ence ▁even ▁in ▁the ▁Tel ug u ▁speaking ▁regions ▁of ▁And h ra , ▁being ▁largely ▁an ▁agr arian ▁society ▁of ▁cultiv ators ▁who ▁only ▁much ▁later ▁( in ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century ▁- ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ) ▁came ▁to ▁control ▁regions ▁in ▁the ▁Kr ish na ▁- ▁Raj am und ry ▁districts . ▁The ▁Ras ht rak uta ▁period ▁did ▁not ▁produce ▁any ▁Mar ath i ▁ins cri ptions ▁or ▁literature ▁( with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁a ▁ 9 8 1 ▁CE ▁Sh ra van abel ag ola ▁ins cription ▁which ▁some ▁histor ians ▁argue ▁was ▁ins cribed ▁later ). ▁In ▁addition ▁very ▁few ▁literary ▁works ▁in ▁P rak rit ▁language ▁are ▁available ▁from ▁this ▁period . ▁J ain ism ▁which ▁played ▁such ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in