A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.4

v1.c7.4

³ [The Āndhra (Andur) country, so named from the ancient Āndhra (Sātavāhana) dynasty which ruled over it, was situated in the deltas of the Krishna and Godāvarī rivers and extended eastwards from the boundary of Mahārāshtra to the Bay of Bengal. The Āndhras were a Telugu-speaking people, whence the country was known in later years as Telingana, or Telugu-land (O.H.I., p. 119). D. R. Bhandarkar points out that the ancient capital of the Āndhra kingdom was situated on the Telavaha river, which he identifies with the modern