TY  - BOOK
AU  - BHAT (P Gururaja)
TI  - Studies in tuluva history and culture
U1  - 954.87 BHAS 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Udupi
PB  - Dr Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Trust
KW  - tuluva
KW  - Studies
N2  - Dr. Gururaja Bhatt is a serious and devoted student of History and Archaeology. His life is a symbol of earnest dedication, deep erudition, ceaseless efforts and gifted talents which are reflected flected in his monumental work Studies in Tulsa History and Culture book contains many new discoveries which are the results of original research. This is the first comprehensive and exhaustive survey of the history of Tulu-nadu. This masterpiece falsifies the statements of some historians from the North that great work is not being dote South the field of historical pesearches. Neither poverty nor his placement in a rural college has curbed his enthr done in the south in the field of enquiry and has deterred him from achieving the highest academic excellence. I am sure that tha the comprehensive history great work will stimulate the students of history to launch upon such projects which will be helpful in writing the of India which is still a dream of every Indian. I congratulate Dr. Gururaja Bhatt on this excellent and successful academic enterprise which is the envy of any Professor in a University.
D. JAWARE GOWDA,
Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore.
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The district of South Kanara forms the southern of the two districts of the Karnataka State which are known as South Kanara and North Kanara. The name Kanara
(which was formerly spelt as Canara) is derived horn Kannada , the name of the regional language of the State. It appeal's that the Portuguese who, on arrival in this part of India, found the common linguistic medium of the people to be Kannada and accordingly called the area Canara, the letter d being not much in use in Portuguese. This name applied to the whole coastal belt of Karnataka and was continued to be used as such by the British. When tills Canara coast was divided into two parts in .1860, this southern area was called South Kanara and the pat t lying to the north of it was termed North Kanara. In Kannada, they are known as Dakshina Kannada JilU and Uttara Kannada f ilk respectively ( Gazetteer of India - Karnataka State , South Kanara District, 1973.)
1 This book was published in 1923. It was the product of the extensive tour con- ducted by the 1 author unaided and with personal financial involvement, actuated by a deep sense of historical research. This was the first reliable work on the history of the district of South Kanara whose influence has been so profound that the author is even now ofted quoted.
2 Published in 1936, this work is still regarded as an authority on the history of the Tulu people
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