![]() Though some right-wing ideologues in recent years, eager that the Ramayana should have the same kind of historicity attached to it as do the scriptures of Christianity and the Koran, have sought to date the Ramayana back to at least 6,000 years and even furnish an exact date for its composition, it by no means diminishes the importance of the text to suggest that the historicity of the Ramayana is the least interesting of the questions that can be raised about it and its characters. ![]() ![]() The Ramayana existed in the oral tradition perhaps as far back as 1,500 BCE, but the fourth century BCE is generally accepted as the date of its composition in Sanskrit by Valmiki. It is one of two epics, the other being the Mahabharata, which have had a decisive influence in shaping the nature of Indian civilization. The Ramayana belongs to a class of literature known in Sanskrit as kavya (poetry), though in the West it is considered to belong to the category of literature familiar to readers of Homer, namely the epic. Set of 4 Articles on Vivekananda & the American Legacy.Return to the Womb: The NRI in the Motherland.Jindal and America: A Marriage in Heaven.Indo-Mauritians and the Innocents: A Photo Gallery.Diaspora Purana: The Indic Presence in World Culture.Gulf Indians and the Hierarchies of NRIs.From Masjid to Mandir: Across the Corentyne, Into Suriname.Contemporary Electoral Politics in Trinidad.
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