Era, the  Satavahana  and  Kadamba  periods and hence has a history of over 2000 years. [71] [72] [73] [74]  The  Ashoka rock edict found at  Brahmagiri  (dated to 230 BC) has been suggested to contain a word in identifiable Kannada. [75] In addition to Indo-European and Dravidian languages, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman