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74' ANDHRA KARNATA JAINISM. The Andhra The Andhras of the Talevāha river (referred of Kalinga.
to in the Jataka stories of the sixth century B.C.), the contemporaries of Kharavēla, must likewise have been Jainas, as also the Nāgas in alliance with them and the Sēndraka-Nāgas in alliance with the Kadambas. Very little is known about these Andhras of the Talevāha river, except that their South Indian colony is as old as the Aitereya Brahmana ; that they were immigrants into the lands inhabited by the Kalingas and the Telingas (howsoever the latter · may have during historic times been fused into them) is clearly shown by villages named after them existing side by side with those named after the Telingas, the Kalingas, the Munds and the Sabaras. Whether they belonged to the Satavahana clan or not is difficult to determine." But there seems to be little doubt that along with the Kadambas they contributed to the pro- . gress of arts and culture. Bühler is of opinion that it was the Kadamba script that latterly developed into the Telugu-Canarese or AndhraKarnāta variety of South Indian Alphabets. This opinion lends colour to the suggestion that the Andhras and Kadambas together contributed to the earliest growth of the fine arts and culture in the Andhra and Karnāta Provinces. The evidence of place-names from the Kalinga part of the Telugu country may here be pertinently summarised :- .
Andhavaram (Andhravaram) beside Oddepādu in Chicacole taluq, Ondhrokota in Gumsur
