Ramayana

The Ramayana is a Sanskrit epic from ancient India, traditionally attributed to Valmiki, which narrates the life of Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. The epic tells the story of Rama's fourteen-year exile, his travels with wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana, and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned king. Scholarly estimates date the text to the 7th to 5th centuries BCE, with later stages extending up to the 3rd century CE. The Ramayana is one of the largest ancient epics in world literature, consisting of nearly 24,000 verses divided into seven chapters, and its influence can be seen in various versions and adaptations in different languages.learn more on wikipedia