The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s3.3

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¹ Pliny, *Hist. Nat.*, Book vi, 21, 22, 23, from information probably supplied by Megasthenes. The passage is fully discussed in the author's monograph, 'Āndhra History and Coinage' (*Z. D. M. G.*, 1902, 1903), to which reference may be made by readers desirous of examining in detail the sources of Āndhra history. See P. T. Srinivas Iyengar, 'Misconceptions about the Āndhras' (*Ind. Ant.*, (Nov., 1913), pp. 276–8). He argues that the Āndhras must have spoken Prākrit, not Telugu, and that their rule spread from west to east down the river valleys, and not as stated in the text.