- 2 kingdoms
- Koshala: King Dasharatha
- Mithila: King Janaka
- Capital of Koshala was Ayodhya. Big grand city lots of temples and stuff. Lots of wildlife
- King of Koshala sad because no sons from his three queens
- Horse sacrifice. Horse wandered around for a year and came back and along with 21 other animals was sacrificed
- Gods promised 4 sons to king
- One of the sons born is a reincarnation of Vishnu and was born in order to defeat the king of the rakshasas Ravana. Vishnu born as Rama. Brahmin recognizes this and tells the king
- A wise sage comes and asks Rama to fight against the rakshashas. Reluctantly, Dasharatha agrees
- Rama fights Thataka and cuts off her arms. She turns invisible and then starts throwing boulders so he shoots her with an arrow.
- Suddenly rakshashas appeared and attacked Rama but he killed them all.
Source: PDE of Ramayana, Multiple Authors
Battle of Lanka
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