How old is Ramayana?

According to Robert P. Goldman, the oldest parts of the Ramayana date to the mid-8th century BCE.
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How old is Ramayan in age?

Based on astronomical information such as position of constellations and time of eclipses available in scriptures, they have concluded that events in the Ramayana took place 7,000 years ago and events in the Mahabharata took place 5,000 years ago.
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Did Rama lived for 11000 years?

It translates into: “After being in service of His kingdom for ten thousand years and another one thousand years, (i.e. 11000 years in total), Rama undertook His journey to the abode of Brahma… “ But Rama was said to have existed only 7,100 years ago in 5100 BCE.
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How many years ago Ramayana was written?

The Ramayana by the sage Valmiki is one of the great epics of the Sanskrit language, and is dated to approximately 200 B.C.E.
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When did Ramayana exist?

Definition. The Ramayana is an ancient Indian epic, composed some time in the 5th century BCE, about the exile and then return of Rama, prince of Ayodhya. It was composed in Sanskrit by the sage Valmiki, who taught it to Rama's sons, the twins Lava and Kush.
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How many years ago was Lord Rama?

If we accept that Ram indeed lived during the last phase of the 24th Treta Yuga then it can be calculated that he lived 1,81,49,108 years ago.
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Is there any proof of Ram existence?

Even if we take into account places mentioned in the Ramayana like Chitrakoot, Ayodhya, which still exist, the fact is that Ramayana is not a historical text.So, from that perspective, there is no historical evidence available of Ram.
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Why did Rama got 14 years?

To answer the question why she exiled lord Ram for exactly 14 years was because Kaikeyi Wanted Her Son #Bharat To Be Crowned As Ayodhya's King. She knew about the sentiments of the entire Ayodhya towards Dashrath's first born Ram.
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Is Ramayana older than Mahabharata?

The Ramayana is traditionally thought to be written by a sage called Maharishi Valmiki around 5th century BC, making it older than the Mahabharata.
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Does Ram know he is God?

In the story of the middle books, Rama seems not to know that he is god until the end of the war when the other gods descend to redeem Sita and tell Rama that he is Vishnu.
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Is Ramayana a true story?

An international team of researchers consisting of geneticists, anthropologists, archaeologists and historians have found that Ramayana, written 10,000 years ago, is a chronicle of events and characters recorded by Sage Valmiki and not a work of fiction.
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When was god Ram was born?

According to the exhibition, Cultural Continuity from Rigveda to Robotics, Lord Ram was born on January 10 at 12.05 hours, 5114 BC and the Mahabharata war started on 13 October, 3139 BC.
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What is Sita age?

then according to these figures, according to these figures Sita The age of Sita Ji is considered 18 years and that of Ram Ji is 25 years.
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At what age did Sita get pregnant?

Rama and Sita have no children and Sita becomes a mother in her late thirties.
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Who slept for 14 years in Ramayana?

When Lakshmana joined Rama and Sita in their exile, Urmila was ready to accompany him, but he hesitated and asked her to stay back in Ayodhya to take care of his aging parents. According to a legend, Urmila slept continuously for fourteen years.
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How did Lord Rama end his life?

Some people also say that death is not a term used with Avatars of Vishnu. All Avatars appear to restore Dharma and then they return to Vaikunta. Disappearance of Sri Ram from earth happened when he entered voluntarily into the Sarayu River. This divine event is described as the death of Lord Rama.
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How many years Sita lived in Lanka?

Jatayu survived long enough to inform Rama of what had happened. Ravana took Sita back to his kingdom in Lanka and she was held as a prisoner in one of his palaces. During her captivity for a year in Lanka, Ravana expressed his desire for her; however, Sita refused his advances and struggled to maintain her chastity.
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Why Ram ended his life?

Ram, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, realised it was time for him to give up his life on Earth as his duties have been fulfilled.
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Is Hanuman Ji still alive on earth?

Now proven as a true devotee, Rama cured him and blessed him with immortality, but Hanuman refused this and asked only for a place at Rama's feet to worship him. Touched, Rama blessed him with immortality anyway. Like Shesha Nag, Hanuman would live on after the Kalpa (destruction of the universe).
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What is the oldest evidence of Ramayana?

According to Robert P. Goldman, the oldest parts of the Ramayana date to the mid-8th century BCE.
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Is Ram older than Krishna?

Ram's story, slightly different from Valmiki's narrative, is told by sages to Pandavas in the Mahabharata too, confirming that Ram lived long before Krishna.
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Where did Rama go for 14 years?

Rama had gone to Panchavati (present day) Nashik for vanvas for 14 years with his wife Sita and younger brother, Lakshmana. They had been forced by their stepmother, Kaikeyi to go there as she wanted her son, Bharata to be the King of Ayodhya after their father's rule, Dasharatha.
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How old was Rama when he died?

Lord Rama died at age of 104 years..
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