Editing Andhra Pradesh (section)

== Etymology ==

[[Andhras]] were mentioned in [[Aitareya Brahmana]] of the [[Rigveda]] ({{Circa|800-500 BCE}}) as descendants of the sage [[Vishvamitra]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martin Haug |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.104262/page/n175/mode/2up?q=andhras |title=Aitareya Brahmana Of The Rigveda |date=1922 |pages=175}}</ref> Andhras were referred to as non-Aryans living on the fringes of Aryan settlements.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shimada |first=Akira |title=Early Buddhist architecture in context: the great stūpa at Amarāvatī (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) |date=2013 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-23283-9 |series=Brill's Indological library |location=Lieden ; Boston |quote=In the Aitareya Brahmaņa (VII, 18), the Andhras were mentioned together with the Pundras, Sabaras, Pulindas and Mūtibas as Dasyu (non-Aryan tribes) living on the borders of the land}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhandarkar |first=D. R. |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7014/page/n15/mode/2up?q=andhras |title=Lectures on the Ancient History of India on the period from 650 to 325 B.C. |date=1919 |publisher=University of Calcutta, Calcutta |pages=14}}</ref> The [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahanas]], the earliest kings who ruled this region were mentioned by the names ''Andhra'', ''Andhrara-jateeya'', and ''[[Andhrabhrtya]]'' in the [[Puranas|Puranic literature]]. "Andhra" is both a tribal and a territorial name.{{Sfn|Sen|1999|p=172-176}} The region inhabited by Andhras was called [[Andhradesa]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZM1k0My/page/3/mode/2up |title=A History of the Early Dynasties of AndhraDesa C. 200-625 A.D. : with a map of ancient Andhradesa and Daksinapatna |date=1942 |publisher=V. Ramaswami Sastrulu & sons (Madras)}}</ref>