The Ramayana.—The   immortal   epic   of Valmiki  is-
undoubtedly one of  the gems  of  literature-indeed  some
considering it as the Kohinoor of the literary region, which
has, for centuries and from time immemorial, shedding un
paralleled and undying halo upon the domain presided over
by " the vision and faculty divine,"   The author is regarded
a riskior a seer and he says he was a contemporary of Rama
His hermitage Jay on the banks of the Ganges, and there Sita
was delivered of her twin sons, whose foster-father  he was
"It is quite possible that, as the Ramayana is said to have"
ansen in the race of the Ikshvakus, many legends were afloat
at the royal court, which were woven together in a poetic-
form, in conformity to the rules of rhetoric by Valmiki, the
Itrst poet.	'    '
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