Language: English
Pages: 194 (48 Color and 14 B/W Illustrations)
About the Book
For over decades, a handful of Left historians have strenuously endeavoured to
stymie the Ramjanmabhumi movement. From questioning the antiquity of Rama
worship and the identity of ancient Ayodhya, they have also challenged the
widely held belief Babri Masjid was built on the site of the Janmabhumi temple.
Scholars have, however, traced the antiquity of the Rama Katha as far back as
sixth-fifth century BCE, when ancient ballads (akhyanas) transmitted Rama's
story orally. Valmiki's Ra,ayana itsenf has been dated to the fourth-third
century BCE. Over the centuries, Rama's story has been re-told in many
vernaculars of the