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KINGS AND PEOPLES
113 the Andhakā (Sk. Andhrā), Sabarā, Damiļā (Dravidā) and Kolakā (Coļā) find mention in the Apadāna (ii, pp. 358-59). The Mahimsakā and Kalingā are mentioned in the Jātakas. Uttaramadhurā mentioned in the Jātakas presupposes knowledge of Dakkhiņamadhura, which must have been the capital of the Pandyas of South India. The Pāņdyas as an independent people find mention in the edicts of Asoka along with the Coļas, Satiyaputras and Keralaputras. These four peoples must have been comprehended by the name, Damiļā, in the Apadāna. The Andhrakas, Pulindas and Savaras are counted in the Mahābhārata (xii, 207.42) among the people of the Deccan. In the edicts of Asoka too, the Andhras are associated with the Pārindas who were apparently no other people than the Pulindas in the Great Epic and the Purānas.
Vincent A. Smith considers the Andhakas (Andhrakas) as a Dravidian people, now represented by the large population speaking the Telugu language, who occupied the deltas of the Godāvari and the Krşņā'. But in the Pali commentaries, exactly as in the Apadāna, the Andhakas as a people are distinguished from the Damiļas, although their dialeots are classed under the group of eighteen Milakkhabhāsā or non-Aryan languages. Srinivas Iyengar thinks that they were originally a Vindhyan
