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C Rajgopalachari, India's only Indian Governor General, also wrote a single volume Ramayana, published by Bhavans in 1957. From 1951 to 1975 a team of the University Grants Commission (India) supported researchers who worked on and published a critical edition at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU) Oriental Institute. [ 33 ]
The Valmiki Ramayana refers to Raghukula, a clan of this king; Aja, son of King Raghu and grandfather of Rama. Dasharatha, son of Aja and father of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna; Rama, he is considered the seventh avatar of Vishnu. Rama's story before he became king of Ayodhya is recounted in the Ramayana.
The Itihasa-Purana, the Epic-Puranic narratives of the Sanskrit Epics (Mahabharata and the Ramayana) [1] and the Puranas, [1] contain royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty which are regarded by Indian traditions as historic events, and used in the Epic-Puranic chronology to establish a traditional timeline of Indian history.
The genealogy of the Ikshvaku dynasty to Rama is mentioned in the Ramayana in two lists. The only difference between the two lists is that, Kukshi is mentioned only in the second list. In the first list, Vikukshi is mentioned as the son of Ikshavaku. The descendants of Vikukshi are known as Vikauva. [4]
The Mahabharata, Ramayana and the Puranas contain genealogies of kings, [12] which are used for the traditional chronology of India's ancient history. Ludo Rocher in his book "The Puranas" (1986) provides a long list of chronological calculations based on Puranic lists with a warning that they are "often highly imaginative". [13]
List of Imperial Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty rulers Serial No. Ruler Reign (CE) 1 Nagabhata I: 730–760 2 Kakustha and Devaraja: 760–780 3 Vatsaraja: 780–800 4 Nagabhata II: 800–833 5 Ramabhadra: 833–836 6 Mihira Bhoja or Bhoja I 836–885 7 Mahendrapala I: 885–910 8 Bhoja II: 910–913 9 Mahipala I: 913–944 10 Mahendrapala II: 944 ...
[1] [2] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy. [3] [4] [5] Of these some called Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism, but beyond the Sruti, the list of scriptures vary by the scholar. [6]
Ramayana characters - Rama and Sita enthroned, surrounded by sage Vashishtha and Rama's brothers Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna. Hanuman seated at the feet of Rama. Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (Itihasas) of Hindu literature. It was composed by sage Valmiki. This is a list of important figures that appear in the epic.