--- Miguel Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The names of villages ending with 'lim' are
> basically from the ancient Kannada names [Goa was 
> part of the Karnataka-based kingdoms from Chalukyas 
> to Bijapuris and Sondekars] e.g. Benaulim was Bandh
> halli, Sanquelim was Sakh halli and Siolim was 
> Shiva halli. 
>
Mario asks:
>
Miguel,
Fascinating information.  However, am I to understand
from this that our friend Carmo, apparently from what
was once "Vivek halli", and the other sashtikars he is
so proud of, are of Kannada ancestry?:-))
>
[see
http://www.webindia123.com/karnataka/People/People.htm
>
 

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