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The following poem I wrote is dedicated to the various history’s intellectuals, whether they were poets, philosophers or authors of prose. This poem also represents my ambition to actualize myself, too and like many others before me, as an intellectual - or as I call it - a “Great Father/Mother”, in a world that seem to gradually and intellectually degrade in favor of other, shallower yet more appreciated things by the many:My Great Fathers/ T. A. RubinshteinThe those who gave themselves a living spirit,In the dusts of yellow-papered books.The those who were profound in intellectual merit,Some struggled among the hillbillies and crooks,Some prospered in a noble narrate.Their voices are echoed in halls of university,Greman, American, Russian or French,They are scattered in diversity.Some were miserable in life’s trench,And found themselves in the morning,On a filthy and wet bench.Others where rich and outgoing,And were grasped by Dionysus’s catch.I do not care for the genetic aspect,As I view those Great FathersWith all of my intellectual respect.In the written word they were the masters,And granted me an inspirational impact.I may know and will know some,Better than my own ancestors.I wish for a certain day to come,And myself to be remembered alongside these majors.In a concrete block of a hermitage,I deeply hope to continue this antique heritage,As this new and evolving modern age,Gradually locking itself in an electronic cage,Whilst the paper page,Is being replaced by video gamesOf nerve-wrecking rage.So many names,From the poet to the sage,Were remembered under the glory of the pen,And as if they were all joined into a hall of a league,From the western renaissance to the industry’s lack of fatigue,To the oriental east and their contemplative Zen.If they all have one thing in common,Is that they expressed themselves via this sacred craft,Of writing contentful words of intellectual summon,Of words which nowadays are generally being left,Like an overused piece of lemon,Which sails aimlessly in a primitive raft,Away from the sea of consciousness,Into the depths of the esoteric and ominous,Where I live.For many people they have little to give,And some may even be forgotten,And replace by these who never seem tobe rotten,Nor to outlive;These idolized people with little cognitive contribution,Who grasp the masses in unripe dreams of popular realmOf sublime illusion,To maintain them as entertained, obedient and calm.Little the Great Fathers today have to claim,In a world that may never be the same.Perhaps I plenty of others,Are the pilgrims, the newcomers,To this land of digitalism,From an abandoned earth of word-roamers,With the mission of fighting the legions of nihilism,In the concrete fields of emotional schism,And to grant millions if not billions,A soft and petting existentialism,Under the maze of towering neons.However, little the Great Fathers today have to claim,In a world that may never be the same.Nevertheless, this lack of popularity,And even, at times, absent general knowledge,I too, in the name of my individuality,Wish to become a part of the percentage,Of the literal intellectuality;A member of the Humanities Historical Meritocracy;A regime overshadowed by the Pop-Culture Aristocracy.In the name of my mother,I want, too, to be a Great Father.

I’m a 1990s kid myself and ‘we’ in the forthcoming article will include all those born-in-the-90s people. Childhood in the 90s was completely different from contemporary childhood. The time period – 90s – played a huge role in its uniqueness. We had the ‘all-rounder’ childhood filled with different assortment of activities. Placement at the threshold of a new century made available to us new technology in old pursuits and purposes. We enjoyed the perfect blend of technology-aided games and traditional games. The kind of hobbies we pursued, TV shows and movies we watched, and the kind of social activities we participated in, have all shaped us into the enigmatic, resilient and broad-minded people we are today. Here is a list of the main features of our childhood which helped shape us into the men and women we are today.5. Outdoor or Indoor?I’m sure everyone remembers that part of our childhood when our moms used to tell us to come inside after play time, and we’d beg for 5 more minutes to spend with friends. We’d always get excited when our parents took us out, even if it was to the local park. Going out, exploring, visiting others, were always top on our list of things-to-do during holidays. The hermitage of modern age is exemplified in contemporary childhood, with the children of today choosing to sit in front of their numerous deities, the gadgets, any day, over going out and being outdoors. When we stayed indoors, we had numerous books for company. The hobby of book reading, usually practiced in childhood, leads to a habit that stretches all our life. It’s impossible to develop the hobby if all free time is spent staring at a gadget’s screen, and this is something which ‘thankfully’, we didn’t go through.4. What’s ‘new’?During our childhood days, definition of new was anything that is unused, fresh from source; be it toys or food. A new pencil pouch, a new key chain, a new water bottle or a new backpack could easily impress all our friends, and trends could be set that way. Newness is deconstructed for contemporary kids. Technology changes every day, introducing new stuff on a daily-basis and this reduces novelty as something that was nonexistent yesterday; as something that’s easily update-able and replaceable. The fungible nature of modern technology renders the kids of these days as hard critics of newness and novelty. Kids as young as 6 year olds are already familiar with working of most modern technology and fancy only such amenities, discarding anything that is deemed out-of date.3. Sleepovers and hangoutsWe used to bug our parents for sleepovers at our friends’ places, packed with movies, games and eat home-made snacks all night long. However, kids these days use social networking instead of sleepovers. But can the virtual connectivity, offered by social networks, be the same as physical connectivity of spending time with friends in person? Watching movies, even those that we had seen countless times before, used to be so much different and so much fun, when friends were around. Hanging out with friends at eateries and food zones were some of our favorite pastimes, which still remind us of those special spots we’d designated and claimed ownership of as our gathering points from where we used to set out on our many mischievous ‘expeditions’. Now, they’ve all been mostly replaced by online chatting and social networking, and just occasional and formal get-togethers.2. Old gadgets and technologyWe grew up listening to music on the Discman and the Walkman, which is much different from the iPods and mp3 players that kids patronize nowadays. Listening to songs on repeat; sometimes, to the point of scratching off the song from the CD, was something fairly common for us. I suppose kids these days will never get to experience the feel of cassette rolls, CDs, etc. Even paper cups, connected by thread, with their sound carrying ability, used to serve as our home-made warlike talkie. While warlike talkies and note-passing in class were our childhood activities, kids of current times have taken to the cell phone, as the singular gadget for all those purposes. Can the good old ‘discrete and practiced note-passing tactics’ under teachers’ nose ever compare to cell phone texting?1. TV shows, Video Games, MoviesChildhood is coloured by the trinity of TV Shows, movies and video games.Teletubbies, Tom and Jerry, Dexter’s Laboratory, Flintstones, Shaktimaan, Small Wonder etc., were the shows we watched, thus imbibing lessons on friendship, being good, team work and unity, forgiveness etc., Now let’s compare them with the shows of today – taking the example of Pogo in India, which shows only Chhota Bheem; kids have no qualms to watch it repeatedly. Now consider the good ol’ Tom and Jerry show – switch on an episode of it today and I can bet that even grown-ups would enjoy it immensely.We used to play video games of which we couldn’t get sick of at any point of time. They were fun and challenging in a healthy perspective, compared to the kind of degrading, violent games that kids play these days. How can anyone forget Mario, Prince of Persia and Snake? Besides the video games, we had many outdoor games to be played with friends and neighbours. Remember playing running and catching, chain, twisters, seven stones, etc.; kids these days don’t take to outdoors like the way we used to, and are becoming increasingly dependent on devices such as laptops, cellphones, PlayStation, etc.,Coming to movies now – if one hasn’t seen flicks like Home Alone, The Little Rascals, Jurassic Park and all those Disney movies (Lion King,Cinderella, Cars, The Jungle Book, etc.,) in childhood then, undoubtedly they have been devoid of a great source of fun and learning. Although we can’t completely criticise current kids’ movies by accusing them of being valueless, they can never be in the same league as our old movies.To conclude, let’s look at the user-friendliness and effortlessness experienced by kids-these-days and compare with our childhood experiences. Maybe we needed more investment of effort, time and energy, but the end used to be definitely worth the effort. The sort of childhood we had was placed at the crux of an ending century and the threshold of a new one. The numerous transitions that were signifiers of that age have coloured our childhood vibrantly and uniquely. It can never be replaced with something better nor can it be cultured again. Our memories are tributes to the awesome childhood we had.

This will be really long answer so take your own time and read it completely▪ “Divinity is Matter of Faith, While Historicity is Matter of Existence”.▪ Ramayana and Mahabharata are the Greatest Ancient Indian Epics written in one of world’s Ancient and Mystic Language Sanskrit.▪ Ramayana is Life story of King Sri Ramwhom Hindus considered as 7th incarnationof Sri Maha Vishnu, and Epic Ramayana is written by Indian Ancient Sage Valmiki.▪ Ramayana is Describing Events which has happened Billions years ago and Mahabharatais describing events which has happened 5000 years ago.▪ Unlike Mahabharata (which has Marine Archaeological Proof), Ramayana has no major Archeological Evidence hence it is little bit Difficult to prove its Historicity, Mainly because of Civilization.▪ In Continuous Civilization, As Generations comes and go, they keep building and Rebuilding their Cities, they alter and destroy the Evidences of Previous Generation.▪ Just Look at Your city now and Compare it with 30 years old photo, Unbelievable Right? Just 30 years old photo of your city is Unbelievable to you the What about the History which is so so so many Years old?▪ Stories of Ramayana is passed from Generation to Generation, So there are more chances of adding Some non Historical stories to the Historical One.▪ So Let we Analyse Ramayana based on Modern Scientific Methods to Decode its Historicity.How do you term an event historical?When an established textual description of an event is corroborated with▪ The geography of the land▪ Archeological evidences▪ Repeated historical references and a date can be attributed to it scientifically, it becomes history.Techniques which are Used▪ Understanding Terminology▪ Modern Astronomical Techniques▪ Archeo-Astronomical Techniques using Planetarium software.▪ Analyzing Historical Records.▪ Analyzing Geographical Records.▪ Astronomical Skycharts using modern scientific tools▪ Geological surveys and research▪ Archeological Research▪ Historical notes of travellers through India right from 1032 CE▪ Published Government Gazettes▪ Historical records of the British.▪ IF REALLY RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA IS IMAGINARY AND WRITTEN BY PERSON SITTING IN A ROOM, THEN THE FOLLOWING BELOW TECHNIQUES CANNOT BE POSSIBLE, JUST READ BELOW EVIDENCES BY USING YOUR OWN BRAIN. IF RAMAYANA IS REALLY IMAGINARY STORY THEN IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE THE FOLLOWING BELOW EVIDENCES.Evidence No:-1 Understanding the History of Terminologies ‘Mythology’ and ‘Epic’1. What is Mythology?▪ The word mythology or myth has its etymological roots from the Indian Sanskrit word ‘mithia’. Mithia in sanskrit means ‘untrue’.▪ Any text that has been termed as mythological by classification means that contents mentioned therein are untrue.2. What is Meaning of term “ Epic”?▪ The word Epic Means History (itihasa), Refers to the Events which have actually Happened Historically.3. What is BCE and CE?▪ BCE is Before Common Era and CE is Common Era.▪ This is akin to BC and AD, the norms used earlier.▪ Scientific historians world over have started using this new nomenclature BCE and CE instead of BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini), as they did not want to base the dating of world events on an individual (Jesus Christ) whose dates are now being questioned for their historicity.▪ Hence this new scientific and universally acceptable nomenclature of BCE and CE.BCE- Before Common EraCE- Common Era.▪ There is No link to Any Individual (Jesus Christ) in BCE and CE.4. How did Indian Texts get termed as 'Mythology'?▪ In 1813, Mr.James Mill & Mr. Charles Grant from Helebary College, wrote History of India and classified most of the literature of India as Mythological.Mr.Mill & Mr. Grant classified these texts as Mythological on the following 4 grounds:1. The events in these texts seemed to go before the Date of creation of the earth as fixed by Father. James Usher as 9 AM, 23rd Oct, 4004 BCE.(Because According to Bible Earth is created 6000 years ago).▪ If Earth is Created 6000 Years ago, How come Ramayana can happen 7000 years ago?.▪ But Science has Now Proved that Earth is not 6000 years old, But it is Billions of Years old.2. Early British Scholars Believed in Fake Aryan Invasion Theory▪ Early British Scholars like Max-Muller, Martin-Luther King, Griffith etc Proposed Aryan Invasion Theory Stating thatThe Aryan Invasion Theory Defined• Vedic Aryans entered India between 1,500 and 1,200 B.C.• They conquered the native Dravidian culture by virtue of their superiority due to their horses & iron weapons• They Imported the Vedic culture and it's literatures.• This Aryan Invasion Theory, however, deprives the inhabitants of India of their Vedic heritage. The wealth of their culture came from foreign soil.▪ However New Archeological Findings around Dried bed of River Saraswati and Carbon, Thermoluminescence Dating of archaeological artifacts Proved that Aryan Invasion Theory is FakeYou can find Entire Archeological Evidence in the given link below.http://thecosmoconscious.blogspot.com/2016/09/aryan-invasion-theory-is-fake.html3. British texts contains Genealogies (Bible Genealogy- Adam,Eve,Cain…..Abraham….Moses etc) which they thought it was Historical were incompatible with Indian Texts, That's why they Considered Indian Texts as Mythology, But the Truth was their Genealogy was wrong.4. It was held by the colonial British that Alexander defeated Porus in 326 BCE and spread culture and civilized thought to India and that until then Indians were uncivilized barbarians.▪ So the civilization described in these Indian texts seemed to be more advanced in science, technology, culture, philosophy and linguistics could not have existed prior to the arrival of Alexander and hence the texts are mythical.▪ But the Truth is Existence of a civilized India prior to the arrival of Alexander has been proved beyond any doubt, The defeat of Porus in the hands of Alexander is also now being questioned with the uncovering of various pre biblical texts and piecing together various circumstantial evidences which point to the contrary namely, Alexander being wounded and defeated by Porus . Hence this premise of Mr.Mill & Mr. Grant is also flawed.▪ Final Conclusion▪ It was not the problem with Indian texts but it was problem with their underlying Assumption (Earth is Created on 4004 BCE, Aryans invaded India around 1500 BCE, False Genealogy of Adam,Eve,....Abraham,.....Moses etc) which leads to the word Mythology to Indian Texts.▪ Even Today Ramayana and Mahabharata is Classified as Epics (Two Great Indian Epics) and not as Mythology.Evidence No 2:- Ramayana is geographically very correct▪ Every site on Rama's route is still identifiable and has continuing traditions in the form of temples to commemorate Rama's visit.▪ In those remote days no author had the travel facility to concoct a geographically credible story and build it into local folklore.▪ All the places visited by Rama still retain memories of his visit.▪ Some places have commemorative temples, others commemorate Rama's visit in local folklore.▪ There is convergence in literature, archaeology and local tradition.1. They went Ayodhya to Tamsa Nadi Tal (Mandah) – 20 km from Ayodhya2. Then they reached Ganges and entered Shringverpur (Singraur) which was kingdom of NishadrajGuh and is famous for Kewat prasang (20 km from Allahabad)3. After crossing Yamuna near Sangam they reached Chitrakoot on UP and MP borders -▪ Memorials include Valmiki Ashram, Mandavya Ashram, Bharat Koop etc still exist.▪ After Bharat Milap they left Chitrakoot and went to Atri Ashram located in Satana in MP4. Along with Laxman and Sita, Shri Rama extensively travelled through this land ofrivulets and water bodies and dense forests around MP and Chhatisgarh.▪ They roamed around in Dandakaranya area and visited Sharbhang and Sutikshan Muni ashrams in Satna , Thereafter they visited several Rishi ashrams in MP and Chattisgarh areas, along Narmada and Mahanadi rivers for 10 years, and then came back to Sutikshan ashram.▪ Several memorials in Panna, Raipur, Bastar and Jagdalpur still exist which include Mandavya ashram, Shringi ashram, Ram Laxman Mandir etc.▪ After crossing many rivers, lakes, hills and forests they went to Agastya ashram in Nasik. As per Valmiki, weapons made in Agni Shala were given to Shri Rama by Agastya Muni in this ashram.▪ Shri Rama, Laxman and Sita travelled along Godavari. From Agastya ashram theywent to stay in Panchvati – a place with 5 Vata trees located on banks of Godavariin Nasik .▪ This place is famous for Shoorpanakhaepisode and war with Khar and Dushan.▪ There are memorials at the place where Mareech was stated as killed; these include Mrigvyadheshwar and Baneshwar. Infact, Nasik area is full of memorials,e.g., Sita Sarovar, Ram Kund and Trimbakeshwar and Janasthan etc.▪ After this incident, Sita was abducted by Ravana, who also killed Jatayu— memorial ‘Sarvatiratha’ in Taked Village, 56 km from Nashik, is still preserved.5. Shri Rama and Laxman extensively travelled through these areas in search of Sita.▪ After meeting Jatayu and Kabandha they moved towards south to reach Rishyamook Parbat.▪ On way they visited Shabari ashram in Pampa Sarovar area which is now known as Sureban in Belgaum and is still famous for Ber trees.▪ After crossing forests of Sandalwood, many gardens and water bodies, theywent towards Rishyamook. Here they met Hanuman and Sugreev, and were shownSita’s ornaments. Shri Rama killed Vali in this area.▪ Rishyamook and Kishkindha are located in Hampi, Distt. Bellary of Karnataka.6. Rama with sena marched towards the sea. After crossing Malay Parbat, Chandan forests, many rivers and ponds they went along Kaveri River. Details of travel narrated in Valmiki’s Ramayana tally with the existing memorials.7. Ram-sena first camped in Kodikkarai but later moved to Rameshwaram for construction of bridge and there are many memorials to commemorate this event in Chhedukarai.▪ After surveying the sea area the place was found unsuitable for constructing the bridge.▪ Therefore, Shri Rama shifted the entire army to Rameshwaram. After surveying the place for three days, suitable area was identified and the bridge was constructed under the supervision of great shilpakar Nal.▪ In Rameshwaram, particularly from Dhanushkoti, the boatmen still take visitors in glass boats to show remains of Rama’s bridge, but it is considered fashionable to call it Adam’s bridge instead of calling it by its historical name i.e. Rama’s bridge.Evidence No:-3 Tracing the Places Visited by Sri RamPlaces1. Ayodhya: Ayodhya is on the southern banks of the river Sarayu (currently known as Ghagra river), where Rama was born. It is now situated in the Lucknow-VAraNAsi rail route. When Rama decided to go to the forest acceding to the demands of Kaikeyi, Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana were driven by Sumantra (the prime minister of Dasharatha) in a chariot down south to the banks of the river Ganga. Sumantra was persuaded by Rama to return to Ayodhya and attend to the king. The northern bank of Ganga was the southern border of Kosala kingdom. Guha was the ruler of the NishAdha kingdom. He ferried the three to the southern bank of Ganga, at Rama’s request, in his boat.2. PrayAg: After crossing the river Ganga, the trio reached (by foot) the holy confluence of Ganga and Yamuna at PrayAg (also known as trivENi sangamam). They arrived at the hermitage of sage BharadwAj, who counseled them to seek the area near the mountain of ChitrakUTa, about 10 leagues (1 league= 3 miles) from PrayAg, for a peaceful stay. They crossed the river Yamuna on a raft and walked for 2 days to reach ChitrakUTa.3. ChitrakUTa: River MAyawati flows at the foothills of the mountain ChitrakUTa. Lakshmana built a modest hermitage on the banks of the river for them to reside. Life in the sylvan setting was peaceful. It is here that Bharata came from Ayodhya after learning 3 of the circumstances surrounding Rama’s life in exile. After failing to exhort Rama to return to Ayodhya he got Rama’s footwear to be placed on the throne while he would run a caretaker government for the next 14 years. The demons had an outpost at JanasthAna, not far from ChitrakUTa and they caused problems for the sages. The sages decided to leave that area and that decision encouraged Rama too to seek another place for his exile.4. DaNDakAraNya: This is a vast swath of territory covering the region south of the Vindhya mountain range (covering portions of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh). Its geographical limits were Vindhya Mountains to the north, Krishna River in the south, and the mouth of GodAvari River in the east. It was named for a son of Iksvaku (ancestor of Rama) named Danda, who was banished there. The trio started moving deep into the forest and visited the hermitage of Atri and sought his blessings. The wife of Atri, AnasUya gave a gift of jewelry to Sita. It was this collection of jewelry that Sita used to drop in Kishkindha, on the way to Lanka, while Ravana carried her in the aerial car. There were many sages living in various parts of the forest. The trio kept moving from place to place, spending a month, a season, or a year at each hermitage. A period of 10 years rolled by peacefully during such transit. After visiting the sages Sarabhanga and SuteekshNa, they went to visit sage Agasthya who directed them to spend the rest of the exile in a place called panchavaTi, two yOjanAs down south (1 yOjanA = 9 miles) on the northern banks of the river GodAvari. 5. PanchavaTi: PanchavaTi means five (pancha) banyan (vaTa) trees. This is the place where Lakshmana built a bamboo cottage in a tranquil area for Rama and Sita to reside. At this site Surpanaka (Ravana’s sister) came to entice Rama failing which she got disfigured by Lakshmana. Her brothers, Kara and DhUshana, who came to her defense along with a bunch of other demons were defeated and killed by Rama and Lakshmana. The aftermath of this brought Ravana into the scene with a wicked plan to abduct Sita. The plan was for Ravana’s uncle Mareecha to assume the form of a golden deer to entice Sita, lure Rama in pursuit of it, and draw Lakshmana too away from the scene at which time Ravana would swoop in to carry Sita away.6. Kishkindha: After Sita was carried away by Ravana, Rama and Lakshmana wandered all over and reached Kishkindha, a mountain range in the Tungabhadra river valley. The Vijayanagar Empire of the 14th-16th centuries covered this region. VAli, the older brother of Sugreeva, ruled this region when Rama and Lakshmana arrived there. Sugreeva, shunned by VAli as a result of a misunderstanding, took refuge in the mountain called Rishyamukha parvatham. This is said to be located near the PampA Lake in the Tungabhadra river valley. It is here that Rama was served by the pious lady Sabari who attained salvation (mOksham) after waiting for 12 years for Rama’s arrival and serving him delicious fruits when he came. This is also where Rama and Lakshmana struck friendship with Sugreeva & Hanuman who would aid them (after Rama killed Vali and anointed Sugreeva in the throne) with their monkey brigade to fight Ravana.7. Rameswaram and DhanushkODi: After Hanuman located Sita in Lanka, Rama and Lakshmana, arrived at the southeastern tip of the land and Rama marked the place with his bow (dhanush) from where they would launch the expedition to Lanka by building a bridge (Rama sEtu) with rocks and trees, uprooted by the monkeys, to the northern tip of Lanka.8. Ram Setu: The bridge to Lanka known as Rama setu was supposedly constructed by the vanara army from Dhanushkodi to the northern tip of Lanka over a region of shallow waters interrupted by sandy elevations known as shoals in the narrow straits between India and Sri Lanka.▪ This stretch of limestone shoals between Rameswaram and the Mannar island in Sri Lanka was called Adam’s Bridge by the British.▪ That name probably came from an Islamic legend which described the travel of Adam through that pathway to reach Sri Lanka to do penance on a peak now called Adam’s Peak.▪ It is not difficult to visualize that such a makeshift bridge (much along the lines of the modern pontoon bridge) spanning a distance of 20 miles could be constructed with rocks and trees if the waters were shallow in that area.▪ To add credence to such a structure NASA spacecraft Gemini-11 took some photographs from space of the said region which indicated the extensive stretch of sandy spots separated by water between the two lands. It is important to note that NASA did not conclude nor deny that it is a non-natural bridge. The satellite map only indicated the extended stretch of shoals. In addition, thousands of years ago (when Rama was supposed to have lived) the water gap between India and Lanka could have been a more sandy and a shorter span than it is now, facilitating the bridge work with the help of monkeys using rocks and trees. Marco Polo, the 13th century Venetian traveler described this area in his diaries as set around Rameswaram (bridge constructed at Rameswaram).9. Lanka: Once Rama and Lakshmana crossed into Lanka with the vanara army, then a peace overture was initiated by Rama which failed. Thereupon war was declared. The actual duration of the war is not known but estimated to have lasted just 13 days from the start. The beautiful city of Lanka (supposedly built by Kubera) was destroyed. (It is likely that the old fortified city of Lanka was near the northern tip of the current island nation of Sri Lanka). Ravana and his associates (except for Vibhishana) were killed. At the end of the war Rama offered the throne of Lanka to Vibhishana and returned to Ayodhya in the aerial car of Ravana in time to take over the reign of the Kosala kingdom at the end of his 14-year exile.Evidence No:-4 Established textual evidence of Rama?▪ Valmiki, the author of the original Ramayana text was a contemporary to Rama. This has been explicitly stated in the text itself. This story was not penned a few hundred years after the life of Rama. In fact, Valmiki was the guardian to the wife and sons of Rama.▪ This one fact gives it the credibility of being an authentic historical account. If you look at various historical text world over we find the authors have written about stories which happened few hundred or even few thousand years prior to their times. In such historical texts, the authenticity and the exactness of the material can be questioned.▪ Ramayana being a popular story of India, many authors down the timeline have written their own versions of Ramayana.▪ Kalidasa, the great Samskrit poet of the 5th century CE wrote his Raghuvamsa, his poetry on Rama.▪ The Tamil poet Kamban wrote his version of Kamba Ramayana over 1000 years back.▪ Goswami Tulasidas wrote Ram Charita Manas in the 17th century.▪ These 3 and such other eminent authors across India have penned the story eulogising the Indian hero and attributing divinity to Rama.▪ These later day texts cannot be termed as being completely historical, because they are based on the information available at their times.▪ In contrast to all this the Ramayana written by Valmiki can really be considered as authentic historical text which is why the text has been classified as Itihaasa, meaning ‘it thus happened’.▪ The Puranic text of India also mention the details on the story of Rama. The stories mentioned in the Puranic texts and the original Ramayana of Valmiki cross validate each other in many a places. This adds further credibility to the Valmiki Ramayana text being rightly termed as Itihaasa – it thus happened – a historical text.Will add few more facts to this laterhttps://www.quora.com/share/Is-there-any-evidence-to-determine-which-time-period-Ramayana-took-place-Are-there-any-real-proofs-4?ch=10&share=4c8eb09a