History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c17.s2.84
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c17.s2.84
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185. The ancestral state of the Pallavas is called Navakhaṇḍa.⁵ We have a Navarāṣṭra in the Mahā-Bhārata,⁶ but it was in Western India. This Navakhaṇḍa should be near-about Andhra. We have Nawāgaṛh as one of the traditional ‘18 Forest Kingdoms’ of Kosala.⁷ Its situation is near Bastar, by the Nagpur division of the Bhāraśiva kingdom, from where an attack on Andhra was easy. Very likely, the father of Virakorchavarman was the governor or sub-king in Kosalā, and from there Andhra was acquired.