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Mythologies of the Andh Tribes

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  The  Andh  are a designated  Scheduled Tribe  in the Indian states of  Maharashtra ,  Telangana  and  Andhra Pradesh .  Andhs have the originated from the Satavahan dynasty.Andh community is one of the oldest Tribals community in India At the time of Satvahan rule, the king was the owner of the lands and the forests but some time after the death of the Satvahan king, the East India Company decreed all lands and forests under their governance. This was the cause of the Andh becoming isolated and non-progressed. They seem to have is originated in southern India in the vicinity of  Madras  which was once ruled by the  Andhra dynasty . However the identification is only used for the people who by the start of the 20th century had a long history of presence in central India. The Andh are the original descendants of the Andhra dynasty or Satvahana dynasty that ruled between third century BC to second century AD. At the time of Nijamshah of Hyderabad, before the marathwada region were isola
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Mythologies of the Savara Tribe

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  Savaras or Sabaras referred to in both the epics were a non-Aryan tribe. The earliest mention of them is to be found in the Aitareya Brahmana where it is stated that the elder sons of Vishwamitra were cursed to become progenitors of such servile races as Andhras, Pundras, Savaras, Pulindasand Mutibas. The implication of this passage seems to be that the Savaras were a non-Aryan people dwelling somewhere in the Daksinapatha. The  Matsya Purana  and Vayu Purana definitely locate them in the south, describing them as Daksinapathavasinah. The  Mahabharata  also places them in the Deccan along with the Andhras and Pulindas.  Historians have mentioned a country called Sabarai which is generally held to be identical with the region inhabited by the Savaras. Some historians have identified the Sabarai with Suari, and has further identified both with the aboriginal Savaras or Suars, a wild race who lived in the woods and jungles without any fixed habitations, and whose country extended as far
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Mythologies of the Telugu Tribe

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Telugu tribe  ( Telugu :  తెలుగువారు ,  romanized :   Teluguvāru ), also called  Āndhras , are an  ethno-linguistic  group who speak the  Telugu  language and are native to the  Indian  states of  Andhra Pradesh ,  Telangana  and  Yanam district  of  Puducherry . They are the most populous of the four major  Dravidian  linguistic groups. Telugu is the  fourth most spoken language  in India  and the  14th most spoken native language  in the world.  A significant number of Telugus also reside in the Indian states of  Karnataka ,  Tamil Nadu ,  Orissa ,  Maharashtra . Members of the  Telugu diaspora  are spread across countries like  United States ,  Australia ,  Malaysia ,  Mauritius ,  UAE  and others.  Telugu is the fastest-growing language in the United States.  It is also a protected language in  South Africa .  Andhra is an  ethnonym  used for Telugu people since antiquity.  The earliest mention of the Andhras occurs in  Aitareya Brahmana  ( c.   800  BCE ) of the  Rigveda .  In the
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