Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
It was invented in the Vedic period. 1,500-500BC. That's slightly before we had public school playgrounds. It's long before we (or anyone else) saw us as British.

You goras didn't invent every sport, you know?

From wiki:

the god Krishna played [kabaddi] in his youth, while the Mahabharata contains an account of Arjuna being able to sneak into hostile areas also take out enemies unscathed, which they are claiming that parallels the gameplay of kabaddi.
It was a joke.