Tribes in Ancient India c37.25

c37.25

The Ikṣvākus succeeded the Sātavāhanas in the rule of the Andhra region where almost all the records of the dynasty have been found. At the time of Pallava Śivaskandavarman, the Andhrāpatha or the Andhra country seems to have come under the sway of the Pallava dynasty whose headquarters at this time were at Dhamnakada (Dhānya-kaṭaka). According to the Purāṇas, the Andhra (i.e. the Sātavāhana) dynasty had five different branches.¹ In fact, one of these five branches, namely, the Cuṭusātakarṇi branch, is known from inscriptions, coins and literary references to have ruled in the Kuntala country before the Kadambas.² The Vāyu-purāṇa in the same context referred to above mentions the Ābhiras who ruled after the Andhras (i.e. the Sātavāhanas).