▁ruled ▁by ▁the ▁Pr inc ely ▁State ▁of ▁Hy der abad ) ▁such ▁as ▁Gul b arga , ▁B id ar , ▁Bij ap ur , ▁Ra ich ur ▁and ▁D har wad . ▁ 2 . ▁The ▁districts ▁border ing ▁Ker ala . ▁ 3 . ▁The ▁cities ▁of ▁Bang al ore , ▁Mys ore ▁and ▁Mang al ore . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁the ▁proportion ▁of ▁Muslim s ▁is ▁lower ▁in ▁central ▁K arn ata ka . ▁The ▁main ▁spoken ▁language ▁of ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁K arn ata ka ▁is ▁a ▁dialect ▁called ▁d akh ini ▁which ▁consists ▁of ▁Ur du ▁and ▁few ▁others . ▁Most ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁K arn ata ka ▁also ▁speak ▁K ann ada , ▁Tel ug u ▁and ▁S ind hi . ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁Muslim ▁run ▁educational ▁institutions ▁in ▁K arn ata ka . ▁Muslim s ▁also ▁have ▁mod est ly ▁higher ▁levels ▁of ▁progress ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁education ▁and ▁wealth ▁in ▁K arn ata ka ▁( as ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁South ▁India ) ▁than ▁in ▁states ▁of ▁North ▁India , ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁compar atively ▁given ▁more ▁opportun ities ▁than ▁their ▁North ▁Indian ▁counter parts . ▁ ▁Christian ity ▁Christian ity ▁arrived ▁in ▁K arn ata ka ▁between ▁ 1 5 0 0 - 1 6 0 0 ▁CE ▁with ▁the ▁Portuguese . ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Christians ▁found ▁in ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁K arn ata ka ▁that ▁is ▁from ▁Kar war ▁to ▁Mang al ore . ▁ ▁Mang