It seems that the king of Assaka was known as ‘Andhakraja’ during Gautama Buddha’s times.
The region on the bank of the Godavari was known as ‘Andhakratta’.
Sage Bavari, a contemporary of Gautama Buddha, had his ashram in this region, but originally he was from the state of Kosala.
According to ‘Suttanipata’, a Buddhist text, he came from Shrvasti, the capital of Kosala to Assaka.
It was situated on the Godavari and in the region of ‘Dakshinapatha’.
This evidence confirms that the name Assaka in Pali is equivalent to Sanskrit Ashmaka.
