Old names of regions
Era: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms, Eastern Chalukyas & the Deccan powers, Kakatiyas
- Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
- Present-day state borders, for orientation
- Approximate extent
Rough sketches of the old country names of the Telugu coast and Rayalaseema as the sources place them: Vengi between the mouths of the Krishna and the Godavari; Velanadu in the western Krishna delta; Kammanadu (Karmarashtra) round Ongole and Bapatla; Pakanadu between Ongole and Nellore; and Renandu round Kadapa. The shaded areas are approximate.
Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).
Sources
- Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 193. [Public domain]
- G. Jouveau-Dubreuil (tr. V. S. Swaminadha Dikshitar), The Pallavas (opens in a new tab), The author, Pondicherry, 1917, pp. 16. [Public domain]
- W. E. Johns, Gazetteer of the Nellore District, brought up to 1938, Vol. A (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1942, pp. 30, 52. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
- B. Ch. Chhabra and N. Lakshminarayan Rao (eds.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXVII (1947–48) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1956, pp. 225. Nilakanta Sastri and Venkataramayya, Telugu Chola Records. Paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
- F. Kielhorn (articles); E. Hultzsch (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV (1896–97) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1897, pp. 33. [Public domain]