Karnataka, Kannada

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

Dear Prof. Balaji Hebbar,

What is your opinion of the hypothesis that the names,
karnATaka and kannaDa can be derived from kal nADu?

What do Kannada scholars or Kirfel, Settar, etal write about
the origin of Kannada and Karnataka?

Thanks.

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