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The term Andhra was first mentioned as the name of a tribe in the Aitareya Brahamana, datable to 800 B.C. Andhras left the north of Indian subcontinent near the Yamuna river, crossed the Vindhyas and came to present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Andhra Pradesh (/ ˌ ɑː n d r ə p r ə ˈ d eɪ ʃ /; ISO: Āndhra Pradēś; Telugu: [aːndʱrɐ prɐdeːʃ] ⓘ abbr. AP) is a state on the east coast of southern India. It is the seventh-largest state and the tenth-most populous in the country.
Andhra State (1953–1956) Hyderabad State (1948–1956). Andhra Pradesh, retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh, and Undivided Andhra Pradesh, was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act, 1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
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Durga Prasad, History of the Andhras up to 1565 A. D., P. G. Publishers, Guntur (1988) Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002). Rao, P. Raghunatha (1994), History And Culture Of Andhra Pradesh: From The Earliest Times To The Present Day, Sterling Publishers, ISBN 978-81-207-1719-0
The Andhra Pradesh cuisine includes bandar laddu, avakaya, gongura, pulusu, pappucharu, jonna kudu, bobbattu, kaja, and arisa. It uses spices, fruit and vegetable harvests of the region. Rice is the staple food and is used in a wide variety of ways.
Visakhapatnam is a major metropolitan city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, and it holds the distinction of being the largest city in the state. The rich history of Visakhapatnam dates back over 2,500 years, with its present name potentially given by the Eastern Chalukyas king to their family deity Visakha in 1010 CE. [1]