It seems likely that the Todas, whose fast dwindling tribe still lives in the Nilgiris, are the aboriginal race of Karnataka. Not only is their language old Kannada but they hold sacred the buffalo, from which animal Mahishur (
Other early races to inhabit Karnataka are to be found elsewhere, although their population has progressively decreased. The Kadu Kurubas are expert woodmen. The Jenu Kurubas make a living by collecting honey. The Sholigas sleep on plantain leaves; elopement before marriage is customary. After spending two days and nights in comfortable seclusion in the forests, the couple returns to the family and elders join in the wedding feast. The social system of the original Kannadigas, are chiefly matriarchal, stays in certain communities in south Kanara. `Tulu Nadu’, as
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