Karnataka

Karnataka is the largest state in South India and seventh largest in India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. The state covers an area of 191,976 square kilometres, or 5. 83 percent of the total geographical area of India. Kannada is the most widely spoken and official language of the state.

About Karnataka in brief

Karnataka is the largest state in South India and seventh largest in India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state covers an area of 191,976 square kilometres, or 5. 83 percent of the total geographical area of India. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. Other minority languages spoken include Urdu, Konkani, Marathi, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kodava and Beary. Karnataka has contributed significantly to both forms of Indian classical music, the Carnatic and Hindustani traditions. The economy of Karnataka is fourth-largest of any Indian state with ₹16. 99 trillion in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of ⁹231,000. Karnataka also contains some of the only villages in India where Sanskrit is primarily spoken. The capital and largest city is Bangalore. The word Karnataka means “elevated land” or “black cotton soil” in Carnatic. The British used the word Carnatic, sometimes Karnatak, to describe both sides of peninsular India, south of the Krishna. The name is derived from the Kannataka words karu and nādu, meaning “black” and “region” Karnataka’s pre-history goes back to a paleolithic hand-axe culture evidenced by discoveries of, among other things, hand axes and cleavers in the region. Evidence of neolithic and megalithic cultures have also been found in the state, prompting scholars to hypothesise about contacts between ancient Karnataka and the Indus Valley Civilisation ca.

3300 BCE. Prior to the third century BCE, Karnataka formed part of the Nanda Empire before coming under the Mauryan empire of Emperor Ashoka. The Cholas and the Hoysalas fought over the region in the early 12th century in the turn of the century. Parts of Southern Karnataka were occupied by the Chola Empire at the start of the 11th century. The Western Chalukya Empire became a unique unique style of art in what is now Western Karnataka. It is now part of modern-day Karnataka, which became a precursor to the modern Hoysala art of the 12th and 13th centuries. The region is also home to the Vesara culture, which led to the emergence of distinctive adhering temples and sculptures. It has also been home to several of the most powerful empires of ancient and medieval India, including the Kadambas and the Western Gangas. The decline of Satavahana power led to the rise of the earliest native kingdoms, the Kadambaas, marking the region’s emergence as an independent political entity. The Kadamba Dynasty, founded by Mayurasharma, had its capital at Banavasi; the Western Ganga Dynasty was formed with Talakad as its capital. These were also the first kingdoms to use Kannado in administration, as evidenced by the Halmidi inscription and a fifth-century copper coin discovered at Banvasi.

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