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The Kannada people, known as the Kannadigas and Kannadigaru,〔Kannada masculine ''Kannaḍiga'', feminine ''Kannaḍati'', plural ''Kannaḍigaru''〕 are the people who natively speak Kannada. Kannadigas are mainly found in the state of Karnataka in India and in the neighboring states of Kerala, Maharashtra particularly in Solapur, Goa, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi states. The English plural is Kannadigas. ==Early settlements== (詳細はBrahmagiri archaeological site near Chitradurga district, central Karnataka. Chandravalli exploration has revealed interaction of Roman and Chinese travelers around the 2nd and 3rd century BC.〔Chandravalli〕 Kannadigas have built powerful empires and kingdoms with Kannada as the official language.〔Amaresh Dutta, pp. 141–142〕 The language was once popular from Kaveri to Godavari as mentioned in the Kannada classic Kavirajamarga of 850 CE.〔Sastri (1955), pp. 355–356〕 Archaeological evidences show Kannada inscriptions found as far north as Madhya Pradesh (Inscription of Krishna III) and Bihar.〔Thapar (2003), p. 433〕 The great Karnataka Expansion provides insights to kingdoms of northern India whose originators were from Kannada country.〔Kamath (2001), pp. 84, 90〕 The major empires and kingdoms, their regal capital and most distinguished kings were: * Western Ganga Dynasty - Talakadu - Durvinita * Kadamba Dynasty - Banavasi - Mayurasharma (Mayuravarma) * Badami Chalukya - Badami - Pulakeshin II * Rashtrakuta - Manyakheta - Amoghavarsha I * Hoysala - Belur and Halebidu - Veera Ballala II * Kalyani Chalukya - Basavakalyana - Vikramaditya VI * Alupas of Canara - Udupi - Aluvarasa II * Southern Kalachuri - Kalyani - Bijjala II * Vijayanagara - Hampi - Hakka, Bukka * Keladi Nayaka - Ikkeri - Shivappa Nayaka * Haleri Kingdom - Kodagu - Mudduraja * Kingdom of Mysore - Mysooru - Chamarajendra Wadiyar Minor dynasties that have played an important role in the development of Kannada language, culture and polity were Chutus of Banavasi (feudatory to Satavahana Empire),〔Moraes (1931), p 4〕〔Purava HaleGannada or Pre-old Kannada was the language of Banavasi in the early Christian era, the Satavahana and Kadamba eras (Wilks in Rice, B.L. (1897), p 490〕 Tuluva Dynasty of Canara,〔Narasimhacharya (1988), p 68〕 Rattas of Saundatti (Belgaum),〔 Guttas of Guttal (Dharwad region),〔Cousens (1996), p15〕 Banas of Kolar,〔Mahalingam in Adiga (2006), p 130〕 Nolambas of Nolambavadi,〔Adiga (2006), p. 134〕〔Their territory included modern Tumkur, Chitradurga, Kolar, Bellary and Bangalore districts. Chopra et al. (2003), part 1, p. 163〕 Vaidumbas,〔Adiga (2006), p. 142〕〔They were an Andhra dynasty who ruled over Kurnool, Cuddappah in the 10th century. There inscriptions are in Telugu and Kannada. Chopra et al. (2003), part 1, p. 163〕 Chengalvas,〔 Kongalvas,〔 Sendrakas of Nagarkhanda (Banavasi province), Yalahanka Nadaprabhu,〔Also known as the Kempegowda family, builders of modern Bangalore-Kamath (2001), pp. 240–241〕 Sindas of Yelburga (Bijapur-Gulbarga),〔 Kadamba of Hangal.〔Two coins of the Hangal Kadambas exist, one with the Kannada inscription ''Saarvadhari'' and other with ''Nakara''. They are preserved in the Royal Asiatic Society and Indian Historical Research Institute, Mumbai - Moraes (1931), p 385〕 In addition, other well known kingdoms that patronized Kannadiga poets and Kannada language were: * Eastern Chalukyas〔 * Kakatiya dynasty〔 * Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri〔Kamath (2001), pp. 143-144〕 * Shilahara〔 * Kadambas of Goa〔The coins of the Kadambas of Goa are unique in that they have alternate inscription of the king's name in Kannada and Devanagari in triplicate. This shows that the native vernacular of the Goa Kadambas was Kannada. Moraes (1931), p 384〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kannada people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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