Book Title: India As Described In Early Texts Of Buddhism and Jainism
Author(s): Bimla Charn Law
Publisher: Bimlacharan Law

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________________ 114 INDIA. AS DESCRIBED IN EARLY TEXTS tribe, whose territories extended from west to east down the valleys of the Godāvari and the Kysņā. According to the Sutta-nipāta commentary, Assaka and Mūļaka became two Andhaka principalities. In the Kathāvatthu commentary, Buddhaghosa definitely mentions that Pubbasela, Aparasela, Rājagiri and Sid. dhattha were all localities in the Andhaka territory. The Serivāņija Jātaka locates Andhapura, the capital of the Andhakas, on the river Telavāha, identified by Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar with the modern Tel or Telingiri. The Āndhras and Pārindas were two among the semi-independent ruling tribes within Asoka's empire. The Sabaras (Sk. Savaras) were evidently an aboriginal tribe identified usually with the Suari of Pliny and the Sabarae of Ptolemy. They are . probably represented now by the Savaralu or Sauras of the Vizagapatam Hills and the Savaris of Gwalior. 8 The Akitti Jätaka speaks of the Damilaraţtha as a territory round Kāvīrapattana,- the port of Kāverī which is definitely placed by Buddhadatta in the kingdom of Coļa (Colaraţthe). 1 Indian Antiquary, 1913, p. 276f. 3 Ibid., 1918, p. 71. 8 Rayohaudhuri, op. cit., 4th ed., p. 79. 4 Jataka, iv, p. 238. 6 Buddhadatta' Manuale, Introduction, xii, foll.

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