sentences:  In the 13th century CE, Kannada poet Andayya's works use the same terminology.In the late 16th century, a Telugu work "Vasucharitamu" refers to Tirumala Deva Raya (1570 CE), the first of the Aravidu (Aravithi) line of rulers of the late Vijayanagar Empire as the reviver of the "Karnata Empire".All this clearly shows that the name "Karnataka" has been in usage consistently since ancient times.