The written literature of Tulu is not as large as the literature of other literary Dravidian languages such as Tamil. Nevertheless, Tulu is one of only five literary Dravidian languages, the other four being Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The earliest available Tulu literature that survives to this date is the Tulu translation of the great Sanskrit epic of Mahabharata called "Mahabharato" (ಮಹಾಭಾರತೊ). It was written by "Arunabja" (1657 AD), a poet who lived in Kodavur near Udupi around late 14th to early 15th century AD.