Halmidi, the tiny village where Kannada’s earliest extant inscription was found, till recently had hardly any visitors despite its significance in the history of the language. Now, thanks to an ...

The inscription records gifts of land to a boatman namely Vaji Naga, who belonged to the Boygara family, by a certain Halami of Pulindage. Speaking to Deccan Herald, M Navin Kumar, president of the ...

CHIKKAMAGALURU: The state is buzzing with the celebration of 69th Kannada Rajyotsava on Thursday, as it is the golden jubilee of the state being named Karnataka. To make it a memorable event, Chief ...

Recent archaeological excavations in Shivamogga district have turned the clock back on Kannada, proving that it was in use seven decades earlier than believed. The site near Talagunda in Shivamogga ...

Halmidi village in Belur taluk has a significant place in the history of Kannada language, as the oldest Kannada inscription was found here. However, the village remains obscure even today. Tourists ...

The antiquity of Kannada has been a matter of serious study for over a century now, and historians and palaeographers widely believe that the first written inscription in the language dates back to ...

Researcher M Chidanandamurthy inaugurated the 'Halmidi Utsav', being held for the first time at Halmidi village, where the stone inscription which describes the history of Kannada language was found, ...

BENGALURU: An excavation that could potentially rewrite Kannada history is about to be taken up at a site in Karnataka’s Talagunda with archaeologists saying it could be associated with the rise of ...