Vol. 1, Issue 2, Part A (2015)

Abstract
India is the home of Buddhism. The study of Buddhism has in recent years become quite a vogue in the India and Maharashtra. Buddhism has existed for well over two thousand years. Today Indians are feeling proud for their antiquity of Buddhist philosophy, art, architecture and literature. History of Buddhism in ancient Maharashtra has great importance in Modern socio-economic and cultural perspective. The process of the discovery of Buddhism in India and Maharashtra is still going on. Many researcher, scholars and historians discovered the journey of Buddhism in ancient Maharashtra. This research paper deals with the process of decline of Buddhism in ancient Maharashtra. Also, this paper discuss about the various cause of disappearance of Buddhism in ancient Maharashtra.