Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s2.4

c8.s2.4

These are all evidence that the north-west of Mysore was at that period in possession of the kings who bore the general name of Sātakarṇṇi. They are often spoken of as the Āndhras, and identified with the Andaræ described by Ptolemy as a powerful nation, and also mentioned by Pliny. The Purāṇas, however, seem to call them Āndhrabhṛityas, or servants of the Āndhras. But from inscriptions in the western caves it appears more correct to call them Śātavāhanas,² a name from which has arisen the form Śālivāhana. The Indian era named after Śālivāhana, reckoned from A.D. 78, is in general use. For many centuries it was called the Śaka-kāla