History of Wrestling

The first mentions of wrestling can be found in cave painting found in Mongolia dating back to Neolithic age of 7000 BC. Early Egyptian and Babylonian reliefs show moves still used today. Textual description of wrestling begins with the ancient classics, especially the Greek and Sanskrit epics. The first written attestation of the term ‘mallayuddha’ is found in the Ramayana epic, in the context of a wrestling match between the vanara King Bali and Ravana. The Mahabharata describes the encounter between the accomplished wrestlers Bhima and Jarasandha

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