Tenali Ramakrishna was the author of Panduranga Mahamatyam. He is one of the eight eminent scholars of Telugu known as the ‘Ashta diggajas’ who adorned the court of Krishna Deva Raya.
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between the Sadashivrao Bhau who was the Commander-in-chief of the Maratha Army and Vishwasrao, Malharrao Holkar, Ahmad Shah Durrani which was also called Ahmad Shah Abdali.
Krishna Deva Raya himself authored Amukthamalyadha. It is in Telugu. He was known as ‘Abhinava Bhoja’, ‘Andhra Pitamah’, ‘Andhra Bhoja’ as he was great patron of art and literature.