Geography of Early Buddhism c10.51

c10.51

Thera Rakkhita was sent as a missionary to Vanavāsī for the spread of Buddhism there (Mv., Chap. XII). During the Buddhist period as also afterwards, Northern Canara was known as Vanavāsī. According to Dr. Buhler, it was situated between the Ghats, Tungabhadra and Barodā. The Sīsanavaṃsa (p. 12) also refers to a country called Vanavāsī which, however, is identical with the country round Prome in Lower Burma.