Complex sentence: Gururaj Bhat in Kamath (2001), p97 The oldest well-preserved palm leaf manuscript is in "Old Kannada" and is that of "Dhavala", dated to around the 9th century, preserved in the Jain Bhandar, Mudbidri, Dakshina Kannada district.
Split into simpler sentences: Gururaj Bhat in Kamath (2001), p97 The oldest well-preserved palm leaf manuscript in "Old Kannada" is that of "Dhavala". It dated to around the 9th century, preserved in the Jain Bhandar, Mudbidri, Dakshina Kannada district.