When was original Ramayana written?

The Ramayana is an ancient Indian epic, composed some time in the 5th century BCE, about the exile and then return of Rama, prince of Ayodhya. It was composed in Sanskrit by the sage Valmiki, who taught it to Rama’s sons, the twins Lava and Kush.

What is the time period of Ramayana and Mahabharata?

Based on astronomical information such as position of constellations and time of eclipses available in scriptures, they have concluded that events in the Ramayana took place 7,000 years ago and events in the Mahabharata took place 5,000 years ago.

Was Mahabharat written before Ramayana?

Sequentially, Ramayana occurred before Mahabharata. There are numerous realities to help this like Ramayana occurred in the Treta Yuga which precedes the Dvapara Yuga(Mahabharata) and Rama(Ramayana) was the seventh symbol of Vishnu, while Krishna(Mahabharata) was the eighth symbol of Vishnu.

Is Mahabharat older than Ramayana?

The Ramayana is older than the Mahabharata. According to Hindu philosophy, time is cyclical. There are four eons (yuga), namely Satya Yuga, Treta…

Where is the original Ramayan?

Kolkata
Scholars at the Asiatic Society Kolkata were elated when they stumbled upon a brand new manuscript of a 6th century Ramayana hidden away in a little known Sanskrit Library in Kolkata. The most well known version of the Ramayana is by Valmiki, the oldest version which had seven sections.

When were the Ramayana and Mahabharata actually written?

Then mahabharat was written earlier then ramayana.According to incidents Ramayana happened first and mahabharat happened later.But the Mahabharata was written earlier.. almost 2000 years ago . Many scholars gathered together and wrote the book… Originally Answered: When were the Ramayana and Mahabharata actually written?

How many verses are there in the Ramayana?

The Ramayana itself is a very lengthy story with almost 24,000 verses. It is more than twice the length of the bible, but the Mahabharata is even longer. The Mahabharata is the longest epic poem ever written, consisting of 100,000 verses, or 1.8 million words in total which is 4 times the length of the Ramayana.

Was the original Ramayana written by Valmiki?

There has been discussion as to whether the first and the last volumes (Bala Kand and Uttara Kand) of Valmiki’s Ramayana were composed by the original author. The uttarākāṇḍa, the bālakāṇḍa, although frequently counted among the main ones, is not a part of the original epic.

Is Ramayana a story of the creation of one mind?

Scholar Romesh Chunder Dutt writes that “the Ramayana, like the Mahabharata, is a growth of centuries, but the main story is more distinctly the creation of one mind.” A Times of India report dated 18 December 2015 informs about the discovery of a 6th-century manuscript of the Ramayana at the Asiatic Society library, Kolkata.