Ramayana: 3000-Year-Old Story Or 2000-Year-Old Text?(Not 15,000 Years Ago) | Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik
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When did the Ramayana actually happen?
Was it 15,000 years ago, 5,000 years ago, or does the evidence point to a different timeline?
In this episode, Devdutt Pattanaik explains the Ramayana timeline through three layers — the story, the manuscript, and the artwork. He breaks down why the Ramayana story may be around 3,000 years old, why the Sanskrit manuscripts were likely written down around 2,000 years ago, and why the earliest Ramayana artworks appear around 1,500 years ago.
From horse-drawn chariots and domesticated elephants to saal trees, Ashoka trees, Mahua trees, Yavanas, Shakas, Chinese silk, Brahmi script, Gajalakshmi, Valmiki Ramayana, Buddhist Jataka stories and Gupta-era art, this video explores the historical clues behind one of India’s greatest epics.
Devdutt also looks at the geography of the Ramayana — Ayodhya, Videha, Kishkindha, Lanka, Chitrakoot, the Godavari, Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand — and explains why the Ramayana cannot be understood through one simple date or one simple location.
Is Ramayana history, mythology, faith, sacred story, or all of them together?
Watch as Devdutt Pattanaik explains the real timeline of the Ramayana.
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Our civilisation has to learn factuality and reconciliation rather than seek validation.
Ramayana: 3000-Year-Old Story Or 2000-Year-Old Text?(Not 15,000 Years Ago) | Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik
143,080 views
When did the Ramayana actually happen?
Was it 15,000 years ago, 5,000 years ago, or does the evidence point to a different timeline?
In this episode, Devdutt Pattanaik explains the Ramayana timeline through three layers — the story, the manuscript, and the artwork. He breaks down why the Ramayana story may be around 3,000 years old, why the Sanskrit manuscripts were likely written down around 2,000 years ago, and why the earliest Ramayana artworks appear around 1,500 years ago.
From horse-drawn chariots and domesticated elephants to saal trees, Ashoka trees, Mahua trees, Yavanas, Shakas, Chinese silk, Brahmi script, Gajalakshmi, Valmiki Ramayana, Buddhist Jataka stories and Gupta-era art, this video explores the historical clues behind one of India’s greatest epics.
Devdutt also looks at the geography of the Ramayana — Ayodhya, Videha, Kishkindha, Lanka, Chitrakoot, the Godavari, Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand — and explains why the Ramayana cannot be understood through one simple date or one simple location.
Is Ramayana history, mythology, faith, sacred story, or all of them together?
Watch as Devdutt Pattanaik explains the real timeline of the Ramayana.
#DevduttPattanaik #Ramayana #ValmikiRamayana #RamayanaTimeline #Ram #Sita #Ravana #IndianHistory #HinduMythology #IndianMythology #AncientIndia #SanatanDharma #Ayodhya #Lanka #MythologyExplained
Its documentation is history - the story is not!