The natural geography of India is very wonderful. The mystery of name origin of Karnataka is hidden in the diversity of nature. Karnataka is the state which is situated in South India. According to present opinion the word Karnataka has come from the word Karunadu. Again according to Dravid language 'Karna' means black colour and 'Nadu' means country. Entirely it means a land of black soil. However to find out the root name Karnataka, we have to go to near the Western Ghats mountain.
The mountain stands in the western side of South India. The mountain starts from the river Tapti and runs with other mountains to the end point of South India at Knyakumari. The length of the Western Ghat is
about 1600 Km. The average height of the mountain may be said 1100 Metre. It may be said that the Western Ghats are situated as a great wall in the middle of coastal plainland and the plateau or tableland. It is very remarkable that there are only three mountain passes or gaps or ravines throughout the long mountain. In the north the first pass Thalghat gap is near Nasik and the second Bhorghat gap is near Pune. Both the gaps or passes are situated in Maharashtra. The third pass Palghat of Kerala is situated near the Nilgiri - mountains. We have to remind that KARNA is a Sanskrit word which means ear of human body. The Karna Communicates the brain through the narrow way of ear. Like this the passes or rivines maintain the communication between the plainland the plateau. Therefore, the passes may be identified as the natural ears of land. It is notifiable that ancient name of Karnataka was Karnata or Kuntal. The word Karna is hidden in the word Kuntal. This may be written as below:
Karna + Ata > Karnata
Here 'Ata' is a Sanskrit word and means to go from one place to another place. In this place Thalghat or Bhorghat is going to Palghat. I like to say that the long and narrow land along the Western Ghats was
called as Karnata. This was the baseland of Karnata. The ancient Karnataka was formed on the baseland. It is known from history that Karnata was situated between Vidharbha, situated in the north, and Palghat in the south. In course of time the tract of Karnata becomes shorter in area for cultural and language causes. Again the word Karnata changes as Karnatika or Karnataka. It is to say that the word Prayataka (Tourist) is a similar word of Karnataka. The present map of Karnataka reflects only the land of the Kannada speaking people. It is normal that the word Karnata became KANNADA for local utterance. At present the two districts named North Kannada and South Kannada are situated in the most west part of Karnataka on Arabian coastal land. The tract of Kannada Districts are situated on the ancient baseline of Karnata. In simple words the mystery of origin of name Karnataka is hidden in the geographical position of Kannada Districts.
The mountain stands in the western side of South India. The mountain starts from the river Tapti and runs with other mountains to the end point of South India at Knyakumari. The length of the Western Ghat is
about 1600 Km. The average height of the mountain may be said 1100 Metre. It may be said that the Western Ghats are situated as a great wall in the middle of coastal plainland and the plateau or tableland. It is very remarkable that there are only three mountain passes or gaps or ravines throughout the long mountain. In the north the first pass Thalghat gap is near Nasik and the second Bhorghat gap is near Pune. Both the gaps or passes are situated in Maharashtra. The third pass Palghat of Kerala is situated near the Nilgiri - mountains. We have to remind that KARNA is a Sanskrit word which means ear of human body. The Karna Communicates the brain through the narrow way of ear. Like this the passes or rivines maintain the communication between the plainland the plateau. Therefore, the passes may be identified as the natural ears of land. It is notifiable that ancient name of Karnataka was Karnata or Kuntal. The word Karna is hidden in the word Kuntal. This may be written as below:
Karna + Ata > Karnata
Here 'Ata' is a Sanskrit word and means to go from one place to another place. In this place Thalghat or Bhorghat is going to Palghat. I like to say that the long and narrow land along the Western Ghats was
called as Karnata. This was the baseland of Karnata. The ancient Karnataka was formed on the baseland. It is known from history that Karnata was situated between Vidharbha, situated in the north, and Palghat in the south. In course of time the tract of Karnata becomes shorter in area for cultural and language causes. Again the word Karnata changes as Karnatika or Karnataka. It is to say that the word Prayataka (Tourist) is a similar word of Karnataka. The present map of Karnataka reflects only the land of the Kannada speaking people. It is normal that the word Karnata became KANNADA for local utterance. At present the two districts named North Kannada and South Kannada are situated in the most west part of Karnataka on Arabian coastal land. The tract of Kannada Districts are situated on the ancient baseline of Karnata. In simple words the mystery of origin of name Karnataka is hidden in the geographical position of Kannada Districts.