Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c24.s3.8

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§ 86. E. and W. Andhras. — At some time previous to this period the Andhra kingdom had been extended westwards across the peninsula from sea to sea, and northwards beyond the Narbadda. The provinces to the north of this river seem to have been conquered by Nahapāna (BH.JRAS. 1890, p. 642), reconquered by Gotamīputra Sātakarṇi I (prob. beg. of 2^nd cent. A.D.), and included in the satrapy of Caṣṭana. Of this western and northern portion of the Andhra kingdom, the capital was Paithan, the ancient Pratiṣṭhāna, on the Godavari in the Aurangabad Dist. of the Nizam's Dominions. It has been supposed (BHAND., Hist. Dek. p. 33) that at this second capital the heir apparent to the throne ruled as viceroy, bearing the same relation to the Andhra sovereign at Dhānyakaṭaka as the *kṣatrapa* bore to the *mahākṣatrapa* in the kingdom of Surāṣṭra and Malwa after the time of Rudradāman. This point is not determined by the coin-legends; but it is noteworthy that the two chief classes of Andhra coins correspond to these two divisions of the kingdom. The same names are found on the coins of both classes; but the Western coins, found chiefly in the state of Kolhapur, are distinguished from the Eastern, found chiefly in the deltas of the Godavari and Kistna, not only by their types (C.CAI. p. 107), but also by the fact that their inscrr. include certain names or titles not found on the others.