Q. The author of Mushakavamsa
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Athula (IAST: Atula) was a Sanskrit-language poet from the Mushika Kingdom in present-day Kerala, India.
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He composed the Mushika-vamsa, a mahakavya (epic poem) on the ruling dynasty of the kingdom.
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It deals with 115 kings of the Mushikavamsa from the first Mushika, Ramaghatamushika to Srikandan.
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History and legend are intertwined in this.
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In the last sargam – the poet describes his contemporary Srikandan or Kandankarivarman.
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