Question

The first inscription written in Kannada language is the________ inscription.
A) Aihole
B) Mangalesha
C) Halmidi
D) Talagunda

Answer 1

Hint: This inscription is the most seasoned known Kannada language engraving in the Kadamba content. While gauges fluctuate marginally, the engraving is regularly dated to between 450 CE - 500 CE.

Complete Answer:
The Halmidi engraving is the most known Kannada language in the Kannada content generally dated to 450 AD. It is the earliest proof of the use of Kannada as a managerial language. The locals found an engraving in 1930. They diverted it from that point and introduced it on the premises of Veerabhadreshwara Temple in a similar town. The engraving was found in 1936 by Dr. M. H. Krishna, the Director of Archeology of the (belonged to royal) State of Mysore (which is present-day Karnataka, the locale of India), in Halmidi, a town in the Hassan area.

The first engraving is kept in the Office of the Director of Archeology and Museums, Govt. of Karnataka, Mysore, and a fiberglass copy has been introduced in Halmidi. In a report distributed in a Mysore Archeological Department Report in 1936, Krishna dated the engraving to 450 AD, on paleographical grounds. Later researchers have differently dated the engraving to 450 AD, 470 AD, 500 AD, “about 500", and "finish of the fifth century A. D. or then again the start of the sixth century A.D. Epigraphist, D. C. Sircar has dated the engraving to "about the finish of the sixth century."

Thus, option (C) is correct.

Note:
The engraving is written in pre-old Kannada (Puruvada-Hala Kannada), which later advanced into old Kannada, center Kannada, and in the long run present-day Kannada. The Halmidi engraving is the most punctual proof of the utilization of Kannada as an authoritative language.