We all know that cricket became massive in India and South Asia generally, presumably a gift from British colonisation. I would think football was also big in Britain at that time as well, and yet South Asia seems to be the part of the world least interested in football. Why is that? Why did cricket become popular while football seemed to make almost no impression?
Can anyone please explain why Rajputana (Jaisalmer and Bikaner - which, as much as I know, did not even have any issues with the Marathas), Punjab, the Hill States, Bundelkhand region, Rewa, and Kutch are mentioned in this map? As per the period, should they really be part of this?
What about central and eastern india?
Are there any other issues in this map? What more corrections can be made?
Thanks.
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I don't remember this was taught in school but Vijayanagara, Cholas I do remember.
So, according to the Buddhist text Mahavamsa and the mission list, after the third Buddhist council in the 3rd century BCE, a Buddhist monk named Mahādhammarakkhita specifically travelled upto the region known as 'Maharattha' where he is said to have preached Buddhist philosophy It does not necessarily mean the monk personally converted every individual one by one; rather, the chronicle presents him as the missionary responsible for spreading the teaching in that region, with public preaching leading to conversions and ordinations.
So, in this context, Mahāraṭṭha is being treated as a real region in the Buddhist literary tradition. If you know something about ancient Maharashtra, you'll understand how much active Buddhism was between Mauryan to Vakatakan period overall. MH had very active Buddhist sites near Kanheri, Junnar and Sopara.
https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Dipavamsa/08-Missions.htm
