The Ramayana

R?m?yana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Mah?bh?rata. Along with the Mah?bh?rata, it forms the Hindu Itihasa. The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Maharishi Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of Kosala. The story follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on th...