History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s1.6

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On the other hand, the Matsya, the Bhāgavata and the Viṣṇu do not give the number five, but describe three such dynasties. The Vāyu and the Brahmāṇḍa mention two dynasties by name, which they have in common with the Matsya and the Bhāgavata, viz., the Ābhīras and the Subordinate Andhras, but they imply three, saying that under the term ‘Andhras’ they are giving years for two dynasties. The Vāyu and the Brahmāṇḍa in counting the five dynasties probably included in their list the Muṇḍānandas and the Mahārathi house (the family of Kalyāṇa Mahārathi of Mysore) who are known from their coins.³ As these two dynasties ceased early, the other Purāṇas limit themselves to three. The Purāṇas give the years and successions of such dynasties which came down to the next Purāṇic epoch, that of the Vākāṭakas (‘Vindhyakas’). The texts are: