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RAMA: His Histrocity, Mandir and Setu

By :- B.B. Lal

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Type: English

Pages: xx+100

Format: Hard Bound

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-345-0

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 15cm x 22cm

Product Year: 2008

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The recent controversy about the Rama Setu has offered an opportunity to certain individuals to question even the historicity of Rama. Their approach is quite ingenious. If the very existence of Rama as a real-life person is denied, the question of there having been a Setu associated with him automatically does not arise. In this context, one connot help quoting the learned Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who recently raised two very interesting questions, namely ?Who is this Rama?? and ?From which engineering college did he graduate?? This booklet seeks to present archaeological facts, nothing but hard facts, in regard to the three more or less allied topics, viz.: (i) ?Was Rama a figment of the imagination of a poet called Valmiki, or is there any evidence to suggest that he may have been a historical figure??; (ii) ?Was there a temple in the Janma-Bhumi area at Ayodhya, prior to the construction of the Babari Masjid??; and (iii) ?What are the ?credentials? of Rama Setu??

Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations I. Was Rama a Real-life Person or Mythical? A. Introductory B. Rama?s Life-story in Literature 1. The Ramayana of Valmiki 2. In West Bengal and Bangladesh 3. In Gujarat 4. In Uttar Pradesh 5. In Karnataka 6. In Tamil Nadu C. Non-Brahmanical Sources of the Story of Rama 1. In Buddhist Literature 2. In Jain Literature 3. In Persian Literature D. Rama?s Story Beyond the Frontiers of India 1. Sri Lanka 2. Tibet 3. China 4. Japan 5. Thailand 6. Malayasia 7. Cambodia 8. Indonesia 9. Philippines A Thought E. Evidence of a Purely Secular Text F. Archaeology Comes into the Picture 1. Introductory 2. Ayodhya 3. Sringaverapura 4. Bharadvaja Asrama 5. Chitrakuta 6. Nandigrama 7. A Brief Analysis of the Results from the Excavated Sites G. Portrayal of Rama?s Life in Art 1. In Terracotta 2. In Stone 3. In Paintings 4. Sculptural Representation of Rama?s Life-story Abroad H. An Analysis of the Entire Evidence 1. The Evidence of Literature 2. The Evidence of Archaeological Excavations 3. The Evidence of Art 4. Must a Contemporary Inscription be the Sole Adjudicator of Rama?s Historicity ? II. Was there a Temple in the Janma-Bhumi Area at Ayodhya preceding the Construction of the Babari Masjid ? III. What are the ?Credentials? of the Rama Setu ? Appendices: I. A viraha (ballad) dealing with the Human Tragedy during the Kumbha Mela at Allahabad in 1954 II. Ayodhya Visnu-Hari Temple Inscription Bibliography Index

A world-renowned archaeologist, Professor B.B. Lal was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. His excavations cover a very wide range. At Kalibangan, Rajasthan, he unearthed a prosperous city of the Harappan Civilization. The excavations at Hastinapura have established that there was a kernel of truth in the Mahabharata, even though the epic is full of interpolations. The excavations at Ayodhya have shown that the Ramayana too has a basis in history. In 1961 he conducted excavations in Egypt as well. Amongst his latest books are: The Earliest Civilization of South Asia; India 1947-97: New Light on the Indus Civilization; The Sarasvati Flows On: The Continuity of Indian Culture; Excavations at Kalibangan: The Early Harappans (under joint-authorship); and The Homeland of the Aryans: Evidence of Rigvedic Flora and Fauna and Archaeology. The President of India has honoured him with Padma Bhusana.

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