I am compiling a list of kings or their family members who have written books/poetry etc. To start with I noted details from 'History of South India' by KAN.
What I gathered is as follows
No.of Books/poetry By Kings :Sanskrit -23 Tamil - 12 Telugu-7 Kannada -3 BY Wives of Kings: Sanskrit -2 Telugu -1
To complete the list ( which I will post soon) I need
a.It is said Purananuru consist of about 14 royal authors. Can some one give me a link/details about these authors, their dynasty
While searching for Ramayana before kamban - i came across an info that rajasimha Pallava composed many sanskrit and tamil dramas. One sanskrit deama - kailasodharanam is still used by the Kerala - kathakali and Koodiyattam artists.
But could not confirm this. If you could search on this and it may throw some intresting info.