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The Andhra Dynasty of Emperors of Magadha
S.No Name of the King Length of reign Period of Reign in Kali era Period of reign in Christian era
1 Sriinukha Saatakarni 23 2269-2292 833 - 810
2 Sri Krishna Saatakarni 18 2292- 2310 810 - 792
3 Sri Malia Saatakarni 10 2310 ¡V 2320 792 - 782
4 Puurnothsanga 18 2320 ¡V 2338 782-764
5 Sri Satakarni 56 2338 ¡V 2394 764 - 708
6 Skandha stambhi 18 2394 - 2412 708 - 690
7 Lambodara Saatavaahana 18 2412 - 2430 690 - 672
8 Apiitaka Saatavaahana 12 2430 - 2442 672 - 660
9 Meghaswaati Saatavaahana 18 2442 - 2460 660 - 642
10 Saata Swaati Saatavaahana 18 2460 - 2478 642 - 624
11 Skanea Saatakarni 7 2478 ¡V 2485 624 - 617
12 Mrigendra Saatakarni 3 2485 - 2488 617 - 614
13 Kuntala Saatakarni 8 2488 - 2496 614 - 606
14 Soumya Saatakarni 12 2496 - 2508 606 - 594
15 Saata Saatakarni 1 2508 - 2509 594 - 593
16 Puloma or Puloma I 36 2509 - 2545 593 - 557
17 Megha Saatakarni 38 2545 - 2583 557 - 519
18 Arishta Saatakarni <b>(in the tenth year of his reign in B.C. 509 Sri Sankara was born</b>. 25 2583 - 2608 519 - 494
19 Haala Saatavahana 5 2608 - 2613 494 - 489
20 Mandalaka Saatavahana 5 2613 - 2618 489 - 484
21 Purindrasena Saatavahana 21 2618 - 2639 484 - 463
22 Sundara Saatakarni 1 2639 - 2640 463 - 462
23 ChakOJ'a Saatakarni ÆT1âÆU2 2640 ¡V 2640 462 - 411ÆTâÆU2
Mahendra Saatakarni 1âÆU2 2640âÆU2-2641 4611âÆU2-.460
24 Siva Saatakarni 28 2641-2669 461-.433
25 Gautamiputra Saatkarni 25 269-2694 433-408
26 II Puloma Saatakarni 3 2694-2726 408-376
27 Siva sri Saatakarni 7 2726-2733 576-369
28 Sivaskanda Saatakarni 7 2733-2740 369-362
29 Yajna Sri Saatakarni 19 2741,)-2759 362-348
30 Vijayasri Saatakarni 6 2759-2765 343-337
31 Chandra Sri Saatakarni 3 2765-2768 337-334
32 III Puloma Sri Saatakarni 7 2768-2775 334-327
506 <i>(Total Years in Reign)</i>
As per the list above the 32 Aandhra Saatavaahana emperors of Magadha ruled for 506 years on the whole from Kali2269Â - 2775 or B. C. 833 to 327 B. C. After them the founder of the Gupta or Aandhra Bhritya Dynasty. Chandragupta occupied the throne in B. C. 327 after putting to the sword the last two prinÂces of the Aandhra dynasty, Chandra Sri and Puloma III. The king who then got himself crowned at Pataliputra, having annexÂed a considerable part of the Magadha state was this Chandra gupta 1 of the Gupta dynasty and not Chandra gupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya dynasty, as' is commonly and erroneousÂly supposed now-a-days, By this erroneous identification by the western (European) historians of India, and as a consequence of it to be in accord with that. By pushing forward and locating in B. C. 1500 the Mahabharata war which took place actually in B. C 3138 and the coronation of Chandra Gupta Maurya of B. C. 1534 to B. C, 324. <b>The antiquity of the entire history of ancient India has been reduced by more than 12 centuries.</b>
Details of this distortion (partly due to mistake and partly to deliberate mischief) are given in our other publication in English with the title 'The plot in Indian Chronology'. In B, C. 827 the Aandhras lost their power in the Magadha state, the Paramount power In Bharat at the time. Their empire came to an end; but not the saatavahana dynasty of Aandhra princes. The princes of the dynasty indulÂged in mutual quarrels, cut up the empire into bits, each declared himself independent and all reduced themselves to the position and status of rules of petty principalities. The royal dynasty split up into 12 branches according to the Puranas.
<i><b>Aandhraram samsthitaha panch tesham vasashcah ye punaha saptaivatu bhavisyanti iti</b> (Brahmanda Purana Chap 77, Verse 171 or Vayu Purana Ghapt. 99-3517- Verse.)</i>
Thereafter the princes of the Agni dynasty (a branch of the Saatavahana dynasty) might have branched off into various further subdivisions. Pallava, Cheta, Sena. Kadamba, RashtÂrakuta, Vishnlu Ku.ndina. Brihatphalayana, Baana. Gaanga, Hosala, Rajaputra, Saalamkayana, Vakataka. Vallabhi. Vaidumba, Nolamba dynasties were all connected with the AandhraÂSaatavahana dynasty' Even from earlier times as the eldest sons at. The Saatavahana kings only succeed'ed to the throne by the principle of Primogeniture, the younger sons and sons. in';law of the kings of the different generations were perhaps provided for by being made the chiefs of small principalities in Raajaputana.
The present Rajput royal dynasties might have thus come into being. Such as Pramara or Paramara Chapahani or Chahuman. Sukla or Chalukya, Parihara or pratihara) the four Agni dynastieg. These royal dynasties are otherwise known as Brahma-Kshatriyas, as the founders of the above named four dynasties were all Brahmins well versed in the Vedas.
The Bhavishya Purana-Pratisarga parva declares Pramara was a student of Saama. Chapahaani of Yajus. Sukla was versed in the three Vedas (Rig, Yajus and Sarna) and PariÂhara was a student of Adharvana. In Kali 2710. ie. B. C. 392, these four scholar s and sages were made to perform sacriÂfices on Mount Arbuda or Abu in Raajaputana, with the object of developing in them the martial spirit (Kshatra Tejas) and they were made the kings of the four parts of the country. Details of this account of the origin of the royal families of the Agni dynasty are available in the last chapter of this book "Kings of Agni Vamsa".
Kalhana in his Raja tharangini says princes descended from the Andhra Saatahava dynasty were ruling in the eighth century after Christ, in Kashmir. Lahore, Abhisaara, Draga, Simhapura, DivyakaÂtaka, Uttara Jyotisha, - the first two now forming part of Kashmir and the last three in modern Afghanistan, all the five, Yavana kshatriya kingdoms. The Lohaar and Hindu Saahi princes are descendents of the Aandhra Saatavahana and the Thomara dynasty derived from it. The famous emperors Vikrarnaditya, Saalivahana and Bhoja belonged to the Pramara or Paramara or more well known as Panwar dynasty deriving from the Andhra Saatavahanas. The ChapaÂhanis were also known as Chahumans, those of the Thomara branches followed the Kshatriya, traditions and customs and were reckoned as Kshatriyas proper in the Puranas too. The famous historical personages Prithviraj, Jayachand and Rani Samyukta all belong to the Thomara dynasty.
The Sukla or Chalukya princes are well-known among the rulers of Southern India. Of them one branch known as the Eastern Chalukya ruled over the regions of the eastern coast land and another known as the Western Chalukya ruled in the west. The famous king Raja Rajanarendra, who patronized and sponsored the literary effort of the translation of the MahabhaÂrata into Telugu, belonged to the Eastern Chalukya dynasty. During the centuries after Christ, the Chalukya princes deemed it more honorable to style themselves as Kshatriyas and managed to link up the founders of their dynasties with ancient Kshatriya princes and got such lists of their descent recorded in the inscripÂtions of their times. The Pariharas ruled in Bengal the Brahmins of the Sakti worship cult in Bengal belong to this branch of Agni Kshatriyas or Brahma-Kshatras.
The kings of the Kadamba Dynasty.
Mayuura Sarma, founder of the Kadamba dynasty of princes who ruled in Kerala or Malayala country, also belonged to the Aandhra Saatavahana dynasty and became the ruler of that part of the country in the 6th century B. C. Kaakutsa Varma a prince of this dynasty was ruling there in B. C. 550 (Vide Ancient Dekkan P. 27)
As there were no Brahmins in Kerala at that time king 'Mayuura sarma' sponsored the migration of a group of Brahmin families from his birth pIace Ahi kshetra [Sarpavaram as it is now called) a village in Godavari District and settled them in his kingdom. In the 'South Indian castes And Sects' a publication of the Madras Government in seven volumes, it is stated with refeÂrence to the Brahmins of Kerala : -- ¡§In some of the ancient texts of Brahmins in manuscript, it is recorded that, in the reign of king Mayuravarma of the Kadamba dynasty, some Aandhra Brahmins were encouraged to migrate to south Kanara. Subsequently the legendary curse of Parasurama till this migration of Brahmins from Ahi kshetra in Aandhra under the patronage of king' Mayura sarma of Kadamba dynasty, there were no Brahmins in Keralra.
Inscriptions reveal that, the founder of the Kadamba dynasty of princes who ruled with Banavasi in North Kanara as their capitall, was Mayuravarma (the name is variously recorded, as Mayuira varma and Maurya Sarma). He was the Founder of the brahmin dynasty of princes known as "Kadamba,"
The traditions and written record's of the Nambudri Brahmins of Kerala extend back to 'Mayuravarma.' The Brahmins imporÂted by Mayura varma were at the time of their migration the disciples and followers of the famous Kumarila Bhatta or Bhattacharya. but after the migration they accepted the principles and became the adherents of the philosophy of Sri Sankara (birth 509 'E. C.) which prevailed in KeraIa.
In the fifth volume of the same publication Sri Subramanya Ayyer writes:-"':The Danta 'Kadha list in 'Kerala Mahatmya declares that the Nambudri Brahmins of Kerala" were the descenÂdents of immigrants from" Ahi kshetra.
The sentences are a quotation from the ancient Sanskrit books_'Keral'a Mahatmya' and 'Keralotpatti'. Aandhra praehalana or 'Aandhra movements', a small publication of the Aandhra Mahasabha, immediately after the first conference of the AandhÂra Sabha, also claims that 'the famous historical personages of Mayura varma, Bhattacharya and Sri Sankara were all Aanldhras. Several of the Dantna stories also support the claim.
Even V. A. Smith admits in p. 43 of his history of India that the kings of the Kadamba dynasty who ruled over the region comprising the Kanara and the northern districts of Mysore from the 3rd to the 6th centuries after Christ were Brahmins. Thus the Kadamba princes who ruled over Kerala from the 6th century before Christ to the 6th century after Christ and the Brahmins who migrated to the Country along with them and under their patronage were all Aandhras.
Among the Brahmins who thus migrated from Ahikshetra or Sarpavaram, a village in the Godavari District) to Kerla under the patronage of Mayura-Sarma the Brahmin ruler of Kerala. there was a Brahmin scholar of the name Sivaguru who settled down in the village Kalati in Kerala. To him, after he had settled in Kerala was born 'Sri Sankara the first.' So Sri Sankara the Great Adwaitic Philosopher and the Nambudri Brahmins were all of Aandhra descent, 'Sri Ramanuja' the Great protagonist of 'Visishtadwaita' bore the surname (family name) "Aasuuri". Surnames or house names constitute a distinÂguishing feature of the Aandhras, among the different peoples of south India.
Tamilians have no surnames or house names. So Sri Ramanuja should be deemed to belong to a family of Aandhra brahmins, who had migrated to the Tamil country and settled down there some generations previous to him. Even so, 'Madhva-Acharya,' the great exponent of the 'Dwaita system' of philosophy bore the surname of Nadiminti. (Madya geh) He should be similarly deemed to belong to an Aandhra Brahmin family that had migrated to the Kannada country and settled down there. Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya, and his son Sri Tiru vengalayya who lived in the 15th century, and Kshetrayya of the 7th century who composed the songs known after him and the famous Thyagaraja of the 18th century, author of the immortal songs inculcating and expressing at the same time the principles of devotion (Bhakti) enlightenment (Jnana) and renunÂciation (Vairagya) all these celebrated musical composers were of Aandhra descent though belonging to families that had migrated to and settled down in several parts of the other regions in South India. The great scholar Kumarila Bhatta of 557 B.C" who stemmed the advancing tide of the Jaina and Bouddha religions and safeguarded the ancient Vaidic religion of the country, was an Aandhra. The great savant 'Vidyaranya who wrote authoritative commentaries on the four Vedas and preserved for us knowledge of the contents of the Vedas to this day was an Aandhra.
Hence the sage 'Appayya Dikshitha:' declares "It should be deemed a great good fortune to be born an Aandhra, to claim the Aandhra language as ones mother tongue; to' 'live in Aandhra Desa, fu.rther to the Vaidic cultural tradition and then to be a student of the Yajurveda'. It is a good fortune possible only for one with rare accumulated merit." It need not be mentioned that he himself was an Aandtira (though he is said. by some. to belong to the Dravida branch: even if it is conceeded; it only mean!:! he belongs to a group of Dravida or Tamili an families that migrated to Aandhra in the remote past. settled down there in such remote past that they had long ago forgotten and given up the use of the Tamilian language even in their homes, and made the Aandhra language their mother tongue. Even then we have every right to claim him to be an Aandhrai. There are seveÂral other great personages among Aandhras in every period Ancient and modern.
<i>Source: Chronology of Ancient Hindu History Part 1. author and publisher ¡§ Bharata Charitra Bhaskara¡¨, ¡§Vimarsakagresara¡¨ Pandit Kota Vankatachela paakayaaji Kali 5058, AD 1957- Arya vignana Grantha Mala , Publication No 23</i>
S.No Name of the King Length of reign Period of Reign in Kali era Period of reign in Christian era
1 Sriinukha Saatakarni 23 2269-2292 833 - 810
2 Sri Krishna Saatakarni 18 2292- 2310 810 - 792
3 Sri Malia Saatakarni 10 2310 ¡V 2320 792 - 782
4 Puurnothsanga 18 2320 ¡V 2338 782-764
5 Sri Satakarni 56 2338 ¡V 2394 764 - 708
6 Skandha stambhi 18 2394 - 2412 708 - 690
7 Lambodara Saatavaahana 18 2412 - 2430 690 - 672
8 Apiitaka Saatavaahana 12 2430 - 2442 672 - 660
9 Meghaswaati Saatavaahana 18 2442 - 2460 660 - 642
10 Saata Swaati Saatavaahana 18 2460 - 2478 642 - 624
11 Skanea Saatakarni 7 2478 ¡V 2485 624 - 617
12 Mrigendra Saatakarni 3 2485 - 2488 617 - 614
13 Kuntala Saatakarni 8 2488 - 2496 614 - 606
14 Soumya Saatakarni 12 2496 - 2508 606 - 594
15 Saata Saatakarni 1 2508 - 2509 594 - 593
16 Puloma or Puloma I 36 2509 - 2545 593 - 557
17 Megha Saatakarni 38 2545 - 2583 557 - 519
18 Arishta Saatakarni <b>(in the tenth year of his reign in B.C. 509 Sri Sankara was born</b>. 25 2583 - 2608 519 - 494
19 Haala Saatavahana 5 2608 - 2613 494 - 489
20 Mandalaka Saatavahana 5 2613 - 2618 489 - 484
21 Purindrasena Saatavahana 21 2618 - 2639 484 - 463
22 Sundara Saatakarni 1 2639 - 2640 463 - 462
23 ChakOJ'a Saatakarni ÆT1âÆU2 2640 ¡V 2640 462 - 411ÆTâÆU2
Mahendra Saatakarni 1âÆU2 2640âÆU2-2641 4611âÆU2-.460
24 Siva Saatakarni 28 2641-2669 461-.433
25 Gautamiputra Saatkarni 25 269-2694 433-408
26 II Puloma Saatakarni 3 2694-2726 408-376
27 Siva sri Saatakarni 7 2726-2733 576-369
28 Sivaskanda Saatakarni 7 2733-2740 369-362
29 Yajna Sri Saatakarni 19 2741,)-2759 362-348
30 Vijayasri Saatakarni 6 2759-2765 343-337
31 Chandra Sri Saatakarni 3 2765-2768 337-334
32 III Puloma Sri Saatakarni 7 2768-2775 334-327
506 <i>(Total Years in Reign)</i>
As per the list above the 32 Aandhra Saatavaahana emperors of Magadha ruled for 506 years on the whole from Kali2269Â - 2775 or B. C. 833 to 327 B. C. After them the founder of the Gupta or Aandhra Bhritya Dynasty. Chandragupta occupied the throne in B. C. 327 after putting to the sword the last two prinÂces of the Aandhra dynasty, Chandra Sri and Puloma III. The king who then got himself crowned at Pataliputra, having annexÂed a considerable part of the Magadha state was this Chandra gupta 1 of the Gupta dynasty and not Chandra gupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya dynasty, as' is commonly and erroneousÂly supposed now-a-days, By this erroneous identification by the western (European) historians of India, and as a consequence of it to be in accord with that. By pushing forward and locating in B. C. 1500 the Mahabharata war which took place actually in B. C 3138 and the coronation of Chandra Gupta Maurya of B. C. 1534 to B. C, 324. <b>The antiquity of the entire history of ancient India has been reduced by more than 12 centuries.</b>
Details of this distortion (partly due to mistake and partly to deliberate mischief) are given in our other publication in English with the title 'The plot in Indian Chronology'. In B, C. 827 the Aandhras lost their power in the Magadha state, the Paramount power In Bharat at the time. Their empire came to an end; but not the saatavahana dynasty of Aandhra princes. The princes of the dynasty indulÂged in mutual quarrels, cut up the empire into bits, each declared himself independent and all reduced themselves to the position and status of rules of petty principalities. The royal dynasty split up into 12 branches according to the Puranas.
<i><b>Aandhraram samsthitaha panch tesham vasashcah ye punaha saptaivatu bhavisyanti iti</b> (Brahmanda Purana Chap 77, Verse 171 or Vayu Purana Ghapt. 99-3517- Verse.)</i>
Thereafter the princes of the Agni dynasty (a branch of the Saatavahana dynasty) might have branched off into various further subdivisions. Pallava, Cheta, Sena. Kadamba, RashtÂrakuta, Vishnlu Ku.ndina. Brihatphalayana, Baana. Gaanga, Hosala, Rajaputra, Saalamkayana, Vakataka. Vallabhi. Vaidumba, Nolamba dynasties were all connected with the AandhraÂSaatavahana dynasty' Even from earlier times as the eldest sons at. The Saatavahana kings only succeed'ed to the throne by the principle of Primogeniture, the younger sons and sons. in';law of the kings of the different generations were perhaps provided for by being made the chiefs of small principalities in Raajaputana.
The present Rajput royal dynasties might have thus come into being. Such as Pramara or Paramara Chapahani or Chahuman. Sukla or Chalukya, Parihara or pratihara) the four Agni dynastieg. These royal dynasties are otherwise known as Brahma-Kshatriyas, as the founders of the above named four dynasties were all Brahmins well versed in the Vedas.
The Bhavishya Purana-Pratisarga parva declares Pramara was a student of Saama. Chapahaani of Yajus. Sukla was versed in the three Vedas (Rig, Yajus and Sarna) and PariÂhara was a student of Adharvana. In Kali 2710. ie. B. C. 392, these four scholar s and sages were made to perform sacriÂfices on Mount Arbuda or Abu in Raajaputana, with the object of developing in them the martial spirit (Kshatra Tejas) and they were made the kings of the four parts of the country. Details of this account of the origin of the royal families of the Agni dynasty are available in the last chapter of this book "Kings of Agni Vamsa".
Kalhana in his Raja tharangini says princes descended from the Andhra Saatahava dynasty were ruling in the eighth century after Christ, in Kashmir. Lahore, Abhisaara, Draga, Simhapura, DivyakaÂtaka, Uttara Jyotisha, - the first two now forming part of Kashmir and the last three in modern Afghanistan, all the five, Yavana kshatriya kingdoms. The Lohaar and Hindu Saahi princes are descendents of the Aandhra Saatavahana and the Thomara dynasty derived from it. The famous emperors Vikrarnaditya, Saalivahana and Bhoja belonged to the Pramara or Paramara or more well known as Panwar dynasty deriving from the Andhra Saatavahanas. The ChapaÂhanis were also known as Chahumans, those of the Thomara branches followed the Kshatriya, traditions and customs and were reckoned as Kshatriyas proper in the Puranas too. The famous historical personages Prithviraj, Jayachand and Rani Samyukta all belong to the Thomara dynasty.
The Sukla or Chalukya princes are well-known among the rulers of Southern India. Of them one branch known as the Eastern Chalukya ruled over the regions of the eastern coast land and another known as the Western Chalukya ruled in the west. The famous king Raja Rajanarendra, who patronized and sponsored the literary effort of the translation of the MahabhaÂrata into Telugu, belonged to the Eastern Chalukya dynasty. During the centuries after Christ, the Chalukya princes deemed it more honorable to style themselves as Kshatriyas and managed to link up the founders of their dynasties with ancient Kshatriya princes and got such lists of their descent recorded in the inscripÂtions of their times. The Pariharas ruled in Bengal the Brahmins of the Sakti worship cult in Bengal belong to this branch of Agni Kshatriyas or Brahma-Kshatras.
The kings of the Kadamba Dynasty.
Mayuura Sarma, founder of the Kadamba dynasty of princes who ruled in Kerala or Malayala country, also belonged to the Aandhra Saatavahana dynasty and became the ruler of that part of the country in the 6th century B. C. Kaakutsa Varma a prince of this dynasty was ruling there in B. C. 550 (Vide Ancient Dekkan P. 27)
As there were no Brahmins in Kerala at that time king 'Mayuura sarma' sponsored the migration of a group of Brahmin families from his birth pIace Ahi kshetra [Sarpavaram as it is now called) a village in Godavari District and settled them in his kingdom. In the 'South Indian castes And Sects' a publication of the Madras Government in seven volumes, it is stated with refeÂrence to the Brahmins of Kerala : -- ¡§In some of the ancient texts of Brahmins in manuscript, it is recorded that, in the reign of king Mayuravarma of the Kadamba dynasty, some Aandhra Brahmins were encouraged to migrate to south Kanara. Subsequently the legendary curse of Parasurama till this migration of Brahmins from Ahi kshetra in Aandhra under the patronage of king' Mayura sarma of Kadamba dynasty, there were no Brahmins in Keralra.
Inscriptions reveal that, the founder of the Kadamba dynasty of princes who ruled with Banavasi in North Kanara as their capitall, was Mayuravarma (the name is variously recorded, as Mayuira varma and Maurya Sarma). He was the Founder of the brahmin dynasty of princes known as "Kadamba,"
The traditions and written record's of the Nambudri Brahmins of Kerala extend back to 'Mayuravarma.' The Brahmins imporÂted by Mayura varma were at the time of their migration the disciples and followers of the famous Kumarila Bhatta or Bhattacharya. but after the migration they accepted the principles and became the adherents of the philosophy of Sri Sankara (birth 509 'E. C.) which prevailed in KeraIa.
In the fifth volume of the same publication Sri Subramanya Ayyer writes:-"':The Danta 'Kadha list in 'Kerala Mahatmya declares that the Nambudri Brahmins of Kerala" were the descenÂdents of immigrants from" Ahi kshetra.
The sentences are a quotation from the ancient Sanskrit books_'Keral'a Mahatmya' and 'Keralotpatti'. Aandhra praehalana or 'Aandhra movements', a small publication of the Aandhra Mahasabha, immediately after the first conference of the AandhÂra Sabha, also claims that 'the famous historical personages of Mayura varma, Bhattacharya and Sri Sankara were all Aanldhras. Several of the Dantna stories also support the claim.
Even V. A. Smith admits in p. 43 of his history of India that the kings of the Kadamba dynasty who ruled over the region comprising the Kanara and the northern districts of Mysore from the 3rd to the 6th centuries after Christ were Brahmins. Thus the Kadamba princes who ruled over Kerala from the 6th century before Christ to the 6th century after Christ and the Brahmins who migrated to the Country along with them and under their patronage were all Aandhras.
Among the Brahmins who thus migrated from Ahikshetra or Sarpavaram, a village in the Godavari District) to Kerla under the patronage of Mayura-Sarma the Brahmin ruler of Kerala. there was a Brahmin scholar of the name Sivaguru who settled down in the village Kalati in Kerala. To him, after he had settled in Kerala was born 'Sri Sankara the first.' So Sri Sankara the Great Adwaitic Philosopher and the Nambudri Brahmins were all of Aandhra descent, 'Sri Ramanuja' the Great protagonist of 'Visishtadwaita' bore the surname (family name) "Aasuuri". Surnames or house names constitute a distinÂguishing feature of the Aandhras, among the different peoples of south India.
Tamilians have no surnames or house names. So Sri Ramanuja should be deemed to belong to a family of Aandhra brahmins, who had migrated to the Tamil country and settled down there some generations previous to him. Even so, 'Madhva-Acharya,' the great exponent of the 'Dwaita system' of philosophy bore the surname of Nadiminti. (Madya geh) He should be similarly deemed to belong to an Aandhra Brahmin family that had migrated to the Kannada country and settled down there. Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya, and his son Sri Tiru vengalayya who lived in the 15th century, and Kshetrayya of the 7th century who composed the songs known after him and the famous Thyagaraja of the 18th century, author of the immortal songs inculcating and expressing at the same time the principles of devotion (Bhakti) enlightenment (Jnana) and renunÂciation (Vairagya) all these celebrated musical composers were of Aandhra descent though belonging to families that had migrated to and settled down in several parts of the other regions in South India. The great scholar Kumarila Bhatta of 557 B.C" who stemmed the advancing tide of the Jaina and Bouddha religions and safeguarded the ancient Vaidic religion of the country, was an Aandhra. The great savant 'Vidyaranya who wrote authoritative commentaries on the four Vedas and preserved for us knowledge of the contents of the Vedas to this day was an Aandhra.
Hence the sage 'Appayya Dikshitha:' declares "It should be deemed a great good fortune to be born an Aandhra, to claim the Aandhra language as ones mother tongue; to' 'live in Aandhra Desa, fu.rther to the Vaidic cultural tradition and then to be a student of the Yajurveda'. It is a good fortune possible only for one with rare accumulated merit." It need not be mentioned that he himself was an Aandtira (though he is said. by some. to belong to the Dravida branch: even if it is conceeded; it only mean!:! he belongs to a group of Dravida or Tamili an families that migrated to Aandhra in the remote past. settled down there in such remote past that they had long ago forgotten and given up the use of the Tamilian language even in their homes, and made the Aandhra language their mother tongue. Even then we have every right to claim him to be an Aandhrai. There are seveÂral other great personages among Aandhras in every period Ancient and modern.
<i>Source: Chronology of Ancient Hindu History Part 1. author and publisher ¡§ Bharata Charitra Bhaskara¡¨, ¡§Vimarsakagresara¡¨ Pandit Kota Vankatachela paakayaaji Kali 5058, AD 1957- Arya vignana Grantha Mala , Publication No 23</i>