Tribes in Ancient India c37.20

c37.20

In the Harāhā Inscription of the Maukhari king Kumāragupta III (554 A.D.) a certain ‘lord of the Andhras’ (Andhrādhipati) is said to have given the Maukhari king a great trouble by his ‘thousands of three-fold rutting elephants’. ⁶ Dr. H. C. Ray Chaudhuri suggests that the Andhra king referred to was probably Mādhavavarman (I, Javāśraya) of the Polamuru plates belonging to the Viṣṇukuṇḍin family.⁷ This suggestion seems to be in agreement with the fact that the Jaunpur Inscription of Īśvaravarman, father of Īśanavarman Maukhari, refers to victory over the Andhras on behalf of Īśvaravarman.⁸ The Vākāṭaka king Harisena, father-in-law of Mādhavavarman of the Viṣṇukuṇḍin family referred to above, also claims to have conquered the Andhra and Kaliṅga regions.⁹