History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s1.13

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154. The Āndhras, corresponding to the Viṣṇu’s Āndhrabhṛtyas, i.e., the S u b o r d i n a t e Ā n d h r a s, who are the first to be taken up for discussion by the Matsya, the Vāyu, and the Brahmāṇḍa, completed seven successions. The Bhāgavata agrees in this except that it places the Ābhīras before the Āndhras, which is not of much consequence as these dynasties were contemporaries. The standpoint of the Bhāgavata is probably territorial, surveying from the north. The Matsya, the Vāyu and the Brahmāṇḍa give the durations. The Matsya manuscripts, by a majority, have the following reading on the two dynasties (1) the Āndhras (the Subordinate Āndhras) and (2) the Śrī-Pārvatīyas:—