Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c17.s2.3

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² The designation 'Andhra-jātīya' or 'Andhra' is found in the *Purāṇas* which represent the founder as a bhṛitya or servant of the last Kāṇva king. Sir R. G. Bhandarkar, following apparently the *Vishṇu Purāṇa*, styles the dynasty founded by Simuka Andhra-bhṛitya, i.e., Andhras who were once servants. But that designation should properly be applied to the seven Ābhīras who are mentioned as the successors of the line of Simuka on page 45 of Pargiter's *Dynasties of the Kali Age* (cf. *Vishṇu*, P. IV. 24. 13).