karnataka

well come to karnataka 

  karnataka is a formed as southwestern region of india. it was formed as mysore state on 1 november 1956 ,with the passage of the states reorganisation act, and  renamed  karnataka in 1973 . the state is  bordered by  the  lakshadweep sea to  the west , goa to  the northwest , maharashtra to the north , telangana to the northest , andhra pradesh to the  east ,tamil nadu to the southest ,and kerala to the  southweat .with 61,130,704 inhabitants at the 2011 census, karnataka is the  eight - largest  state by population , 

comprising 31 districts .with 15,257,000 residents ,the state capital bengaluru

 is the largest city of karnataka.

the economy  of karnataka is among the most production .in the  city with a gross .state domestic (GSDP)  of 25.01 trillon  (US 300 BILLION) and a per  capita  GSDP of 332,926 for the finacial year. after bengaluru ubran , dakshin kannada ,hubli - dharwad and belagavi districts contribute the  highest revenue to the state respectively . the capital  of  the state , bengaluru ,is  kown as the  silicon valley of india, for its immense contributions  to the countrys information  technology sector. a total of  1973m companies in the  state were found  to have been involved in the IT sector as of 2007

karnataka is the  only southern state to have land borders with all of the other four southern indian sister stetes .the state covers  an area of 191,791km ,or 5.83 per cent of the total geographical area of india.it is the sixth -largest indian state by area. 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 also  contains some of the only villages in india where sankrit is primarily spoken.

though several etymologies have been suggested for  the name karnataka,the  generally accepted one is that  karnataka is derived from the kannada  words karu  and nadu ,meaning elevated land karu nadu may also be  read as karu ,meaning  block and nadu, meaning region as a  reference to the  black cotton soil found in the  word carnatic ,sometimes karnataka ,to  describe both  sides of  peninsular india,south of  the krishna .with an antiquity that dates to  the paleolithic ,karnataka has  been home to some  of the most powerful  empires  and musical bards  patronised by  these  empires launched socio - religious and literary movements which have  endured  to  the  present day . karnataka has contributed significantly to both forms of indian classical music , the carnatic and hindustani traditions.

history

karnataka s per -history  goes back to a paleolithic hand -axe  culture evidenced by discoveries of , among other  thing ,hand axes and  cleavers in the  region  . evidence of  neolithic and megalithic cultures  have also been found  to  be imported from .

prior to the third century BCE ,most of karnataka formed part of the  mauryan  empire of emperor  ashoka . four centuries of satavahana rule followed , allowing  them  to control  large areas of karnataka . the  decline  of  satavahana power  led to the  rise  of the  rise of  the  earliest native kingdoms ,the kadambas and the  western ganga dynasty was formed with talakad as its capital.