Mentioned in a list of tribes that came to pay homage to Jatukaṇṇika Thera when he was born as a banker in Haṃsavatī (Ap.ii.359). The Andhakaraṭṭha was on the banks of the Godhāvarī and near where Bāvarī lived. Assaka and Aḷaka, mentioned in the Vatthugāthā of the Parāyanavagga (Sn.977), are described in the Suttanipāta Commentary as Andhaka kings. SnA.ii.581; Vincent Smith places them originally in Eastern India between the Krṣṇa and Godāvarī rivers (Z.D.M.G. 56, 657 ff.); see also Burgess: Arch. Reports on W. India, ii.132 and iii.54. Cunningham: 603-607.

In the Aitareya Brahmaṇa (vii.18) the Andhakas are mentioned together with the Pulindas, etc., as an outcast clan. They again appear associated in the time of Asoka (Vincent Smith: Z.D.M.G. 56, 652 f). The Mahābhārata (xii.207, 42) places the Pulindas, the Andhas and the Sabaras in the Dakṣiṇapatha.