![]() The state also borders a union territory, Yanam – a district of Puducherry, which lies to the south of Kakinada in the Godavari delta on the eastern side of the state. The state has 26 districts, 6 in Uttarandhra, 12 in Coastal Andhra and 8 in Rayalaseema. Īndhra Pradesh comprises three major regions namely Rayalaseema in the south-west, Coastal Andhra bordering the Bay of Bengal in the east and Uttarandhra at north-east. In the 3rd century BCE, Andhra was a vassal kingdom of Ashoka, but after his death Andhra became powerful and extended its empire to the whole of Maratha country and beyond. It was ruled by the Mauryan Empire, Satavahana dynasty, Salankayanas, Andhra Ikshvakus, Pallavas, Vishnukundinas, Eastern Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Cholas, Kakatiyas, Vijayanagara Empire, Gajapati Empire, Mughal Empire, Deccan sultanates, Qutb Shahi dynasty, and Asaf Jahis. People of the said era supported local art and culture by building temples and sculptures of the Buddhist monuments in the state. The region also derives its name from the Satavahanas, who are also known as Andhras, the earliest kings of Andhra Pradesh and India. Accounts that people in the region are descended from the Viswamitra are found in the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Puranas. The Assaka Mahajanapada (700–300 BCE) was an ancient kingdom located between the Godavari and Krishna rivers in southeastern India. According to the Aitareya Brahmana, the Andhras left North India from the banks of the Yamuna river and migrated to South India. ![]() Įarly inhabitants were known as the Andhras, tracing their history back to the Vedic period, when they were mentioned in the 8th century BCE Rigvedic text Aitareya Brahmana. Andhra Pradesh's second official language is Urdu. Its official language is Telugu one of the classical languages of India, the fourth most spoken language in India and the 13th-most spoken language in the world. It is also a major producer of rice known as the " Rice bowl of India". ![]() It is also known for being the land of Koh-i-Noor and other globally known diamonds from Kollur Mine. ![]() Īndhra Pradesh was once a major Buddhist pilgrimage site in the country and a Buddhist learning center which can be seen in many sites in the state in the form of monastery ruins, chaityas and stupas. Amaravati serves as the capital with the largest city being Visakhapatnam. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State to form Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in India on 1 October 1953. ![]() It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about 974 km (605 mi). It is bordered by Telangana to the north-west, Chhattisgarh to the north, Odisha to the north-east, Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of 162,975 km 2 (62,925 sq mi) and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. Andhra Pradesh ( English: / ˌ ɑː n d r ə p r ə ˈ d ɛ ʃ/, Telugu: ( listen) abbr. ![]()
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