Early Assamese

Hema Saraswati and Harivara Vipra who composed Prahlada Charitra and Babruvahana parva respectively wrote under the patronage of King Durlabhanarayana of Kamatapura who ruled towards the end of the 13th or the earlier part of the 14th century.

The next two important poets of the same period are Rudra Kandali and Kaviratna Saraswati who composed Drona parva and Jayadratha vadha.

But the towering poet of this period is Madhava Kandali who is respectfully referred to by Sankardeva (b.

Madhava Kandali flourished towards the end of the 14th century and translated the entire Ramayana under the patronage of Mahamanikya, the then Kachari (Varāha) king of Central Assam.

[5] Early Assamese was written in the Eastern Nagari script.

A Bhagavata manuscript written in Early Assamese, from Dakhinpat Satra .
14th/15th century Copperplate inscription of Nilachal King Madhavadeva shows the script used when Early Assamese was spoken in the period of 14th-15th century.