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Kinnikambala Padmanabha Rao (born 29 February 1940) is a retired professor at Manipal Institute of Technology.Commonly known as K. P. Rao, he is credited with the development of the Kannada keyboard [2] and software to use Kannada language on computers, thereby effectively paving the way for the expansion of the use of other Indian languages in software.
The inscription is written in pre-old Kannada (Puruvada-hala Kannada), which later evolved into old Kannada, middle Kannada and eventually modern Kannada. [13] The Halmidi inscription is the earliest evidence of the usage of Kannada as an administrative language.
A. N. Prahlada Rao was born at Abbani in the Kolar district of Karnataka, India.He started his career as a journalist and was the founder editor of Honnudi. [1]Rao's involvement in crossword compilation is a hobby that developed from an interest in solving both Kannada and English crosswords while a student in the mid-1970s.
The Kannada language is written using the Kannada script, which evolved from the 5th-century Kadamba script. Kannada is attested epigraphically for about one and a half millennia and literary Old Kannada flourished during the 9th-century Rashtrakuta Empire. [13] [14] Kannada has an unbroken literary history of around 1200 years. [15]
A pioneer who standardised Kannada keyboard was K. P. Rao who modified the existing English QWERTY keyboard layout to suit the needs of the Kannada language. [3] The entire set of Kannada characters could now be printed using the 26 alphabet keys on the English keyboard. [2] After few modifications, this keyboard was announced as the standard ...
Abbreviations, the use of a foreign language, variant spellings, or other unusual word tricks are indicated in the clue. A crossword creator might choose to clue the answer SEN (as in the abbreviation for "senator") as "Washington bigwig: Abbr." or "Member of Cong.", with the abbreviation in the clue indicating that the answer is to be ...
Old Kannada or Halegannada (Kannada: ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ, romanized: Haḷegannaḍa) is the Kannada language which transformed from Purvada halegannada or Pre-old Kannada during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka 345–525 CE). [1] The Modern Kannada language has evolved in four phases over the years.
The 5th century AD [3] [4] Halmidi inscription 16-line earliest Kannada inscription found at Halmidi in Belur taluk of Hassan district on rectangular sandstone ( 2.5 ft height and 1 ft width) has a Vishnu Chakra on its top. The language of the inscription is in Poorvada Halegannada ( Proto-Kannada). Archaeologist M. H. Krishna found the Brahmi ...