sentences:  In the 7th century CE, Rashtrakuta inscriptions refer to the armies of Chalukyas of Badami as "Karnatakabala".The Tamil classic "Silappatikaram" of the same time period calls the people of present-day Karnataka region as "Karunatakars"..The Kalingathu parani, a war poem written by jayangkondar in Tamil Literature calls a people of a region called 'Karunatiyar'.In the 9th century CE, the Kannada classic "Kavirajamarga" hails the entire region between the rivers Kaveri and Godavari as "Karnata".