Rashtrakutas (753-973)
- Trivikrama (Nalachampu in Sanskrit)
- Halayudha (Kavirahasya and Mritasanjivini)
- Somadevasuri (Nitikavyamrita)
- Mahaviracharya (Ganita-sara-samgraha)
- Padma pada
- Visvarupa
- Virasenacharya (Jayadhavala-tika)
- Jinasenacharya (Parsvabhyudaya Mahapurana, Dhavala)
- Gunabhadra (Uttarapurana - Sanskrit)
- Pushpadanta
- Akalanka
- Asaga (Vardhamana Purana-Kannada)
- King Amoghavarsha I Nripatunga, (Prashottara Ratnamakike, Kavirajamarga, a treatise on Kannada poetics, 850 A.D.)
- Sri Ponna (950 AD) (title, Kavichakravarthi wrote Bhuvanaika- Ramabhyudaya, Santipurana and Jinaksaramale - Kannada)
- Adikavi Pampa (902-975 AD) (called Adhikavi wrote Adipurana and Vikramarjuna Vijaya in Kannada)
- Shivakotiacharya (Vaddaradhane 900 CE earliest prose in Kannada borrowed from Sanskrit work Brihatkathakosha of Harishena)
- Sri Vijaya
- Rudrabhatta of Banahatti - Kannada
- Ravinagabhatta who wrote a record for Govinda IV - Kannada
- Kavi Rajaraja wrote the Kalasa record, minister of Krishna II - Kannada
- Gajankusha who wrote on erotics - Kannada
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