Tulunad
| Tulu Nadu | |
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| Region | |
 The erstwhile district of South Canara is the core of the Tulu speaking region called Tulu Nadu. |
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| Coordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°ECoordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Karnataka, Kerala |
| Districts | Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasaragod. |
| Largest city | Mangalore |
| No. of districts & Talukas | 3 District and 5 Talukas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,432 km2 (4,028 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 3,957,071 |
| • Density | 356.1/km2 (922/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Spoken | Tulu, Canarese Konkani, Kannada, Beary |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Telephone code | 0824, 0825 |
| ISO 3166 code | [[ISO 3166-2:IN|]] |
| Vehicle registration | KA19, KA20, KA21, KA62, KL14. |
| HDI |
 0.781(high) |
Tulu Nadu or Tulunad is a Tulu-speaking region spread over parts of the Karnataka and Kerala states of India. The erstwhile district of South Canara is the core of the Tulu speaking region. This region is not an official administrative region but a region inhabited by Tulu speaking people. Tulunad is the homeland of the Tuluva ethnic people. Mangalore, Udupi and Kasaragod are its important cities.
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Ptolemy, the 2nd century geographer identifies the Tulu Nadu region as Olokhoira which is widely believed to be a corruption of the term Alva Kheda, 'the land of the Alvas'.[2] Historically, Tulu Nadu included the two separate lands of Haiva and Tuluva. The longest ruling and oldest known native dynasty of Tulu Nadu was that of the Alupas (c. 5th - 14th century C. E.). Their kingdom was also known as Alvakheda. They initially ruled independently and later were the feudatories of the prominent dynasties. The Kadamba dynasty of Banavasi was the earliest, under which the Alupas flourished. Later the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta, Chalukyas of Badami, Chalukyas of Kalyani, Hoysalas of Dwarasamudra (Halebidu) and Rayas of Vijayanagara were the overlords. The Alupas, however, were independent and their subordination was nominal at best. They ruled until the Vijayanagara Empire took control of Tulu Nadu from 14th to the 17th centuries.
During the rule of Vijayanagara, Tulu nadu was administered in two parts – Mangaluru Rajya and Barkuru Rajya. Tulu Nadu was the original homeland of the dynasty that founded the Vijayanagar Empire based in eastern Karnataka. Tulu Nadu was governed by the native feudatories of the Vijayanagara Empire until the 18th century. These feudatories gained power towards the end of Alupa period.
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