 Adi Karnataka

Adi Karnataka is a social group in Karnataka, India

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) uses the term "Adi Karnataka" while referring to one group of the Kannadiga aboriginals who are indigenous to the state of Karnataka.In the mid-1830s, a British traveller named Kristopher Fellowman made considerable research on the community which is also called 'Samantha' and 'moola kannadiga kula'.