A large body of Western Chalukya literature in the Kannada language was
produced during the empire's reign (973–1200) in present-day India
(map pictured). Kannada literature from this period, usually considered
Old Kannada, constituted the bulk of the Chalukya court's textual
production and pertained mostly to the socio-religious development of
the Jain faith, with some of that of the Shaiva faith. Important
literary contributions in the Kannada language came not only from court
poets, noblemen, royalty, ascetics and saints who wrote in the marga
(mainstream) style, but also from commoners and artisans, including
cobblers, weavers, cowherds and shepherds who wrote in the desi (folk)
style. These poets revolutionised Kannada literature, rejecting
traditional themes that eulogised kings and noblemen, and writing
didactic poems that were closer to the spoken and sung form of the
language. In addition to hundreds of male poets, over thirty female
poets have been recorded.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chalukya_literature_in_Kannada>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1873:
The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and
assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Mounted_Police>
1895:
Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox
Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library (building
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library>
1951:
Delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama and the government of the
newly established People's Republic of China signed the Seventeen Point
Agreement, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Point_Agreement>
1974:
The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner,
went into service with Air France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A300>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pall:
1. (transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or
spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
2. (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose
life, spirit, strength, or taste.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pall>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Dogmatic imitations of ancestral beliefs are passing. They have
been the axis around which religion revolved but now are no longer
fruitful; on the contrary, in this day they have become the cause of
human degradation and hindrance. Bigotry and dogmatic adherence to
ancient beliefs have become the central and fundamental source of
animosity among men, the obstacle to human progress, the cause of
warfare and strife, the destroyer of peace, composure and welfare in the
world.
--`Abdu'l-Bahá
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%60Abdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1>
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