ABSTRACT
The State of Karnataka lies in southern India, a rough crescent resting on the shores of the Arabian Sea, on the west coast, extending its arms inland. At the northern end of Karnataka’s seashore lies the small state of Goa. From there the border extends northeastwards, with Maharashtra beyond it, until it reaches Andhra Pradesh, which lies to the east, and turns south. Tamil Nadu lies to the south-east and Kerala to the south-west. An expanded State of Mysore was created in 1956, as a union of the Kannada-speaking districts, and was renamed Karnataka in 1973. It occupies 191,791 sq km (74,079 sq miles), making it the seventh-largest state in India.
