 Harihara's nephew and protégé, the dramatic poet Raghavanka of Hampi, whose style is compared to that of 10th-century poet Ranna, was the first to establish the "shatpadi" metre in Kannada literature in the epic "Harishchandra Kavya" (1200).According to L. S. Seshagiri Rao, it is believed that in no other language has the story of King Harishchandra been interpreted in this way.The writing is an original in tradition and inspiration that fully develops the potential of the "shatpadi" metre.