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¹ The name of the Āndhra nation is extremely ancient, being mentioned in the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* (vii, 18), 'a work which was certainly composed prior to 500 B. C.' (D. R. Bhandarkar, *Ind. Ant.* xlvii (1916), p. 70). The Āndhras are there represented as a Dasyu race, living on the fringes of the Aryan settlements and descended from Viśvāmitra.