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death by his prime minister, an And'hra, is ac- 

 knowledged by every historian ; and in the Mahd- 

 hhrata'^, it is declared, that Maha'-carn'j, ot 'Su- 

 DRACA, usurped the throne from his master, the king 

 of Magadlia ; whom he confined, in a place, amid 

 waters; from which circumstance, the venerable old 

 -man was called, by way of ridicule, Ambu-'vicha. It 

 is added, that the old king was blind and deaf. 



The famous 'Sri'-car'nxa-deVa, in his grant, 

 lately found at Benares, declares that he was of the 

 Haihaya tribe, who lived originally on the banks of 

 the Narmadd, in the district of the western Gauda, 

 or Gaur, in the province o^ Mdlava. Their residence 

 was at ChauU-Maheswara, a famous place of worship 

 to this day, on the Narmadd ; and built by one of 

 his ancestors. The western Gaur was also the native 

 country of a most respectable tribe of Brdhmem^ 

 called Sandila; who, for several generations, acted 

 as prime ministers to the emperors of the And'hra 

 tribe. That this was their native country, is attested 

 by Major IMackexzie, in his account of the kings 

 o\ fVarangal. One of the thirty-six musical modes 

 in India, and belonging to the superior Ra'ga, or 

 mode, called Mdlava, is denominated Gaudi, from 

 the country of Gait'da, which was part of the pro- 

 vince of Mdlava. 



They afterwards were called Axd'hras, from the 

 country of Audlira, on the coast of Coromandel, and 

 extending from Nellore to the Godaveri ; of which 

 they became kings : but in what manner, and when 

 this was effected, we do not know. They were called 

 And'huas in the time of the Canwa dynasty, about 



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* R/ijagrihe nagark Magadhauam Raja Ambuvicha sa Caranaih 

 cliacshushadiliinali. Tasjamat yo mahu Carni iswary raj^nam ava? 

 iiianyate am^lo^dhioa Hi carnoctih. 



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