They were then called the Maliasatghikas (‘ the party of the great assembly ) and the Western party came to be known as the Sthaviravada.1 From this time Magadha became the centre of the Mahasathghikas and gravasti the centre of the Sthaviravadins. [...] In the days of Chandragupta Maurya and Megathenes the Andhras occupied the deltas of the Godavari and Krishna rivers on the eastern side of the peninsula History of India. [...] The Andhra country was a very important one in the history of Buddhism in India since the time of Asoka when the great teacher Mabiideva the great leader of the Mahasalighikas in Magadha came to the country with his religious mission. [...] B.—These two countries were Buddhist countries from the time of A'Soka and they became the centre of Buddhism at the time of the Kushan dynasty.) XXXIII and X LI the building is called Mahacaitya or the great Caitya of the Buddha belonging to the Chaitika school. [...] (Kati la was the centre of Buddhism at the time of Nagarjuna and iiryadeva about the end of the 2nd Century A. D. The period continued up to the middle of the third Century A. D.) I have already shown that the Mahasasighika School had been prevailing in South India since Mahadeva came to that country at the time of Agoka.
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