[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c29.252 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.252 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.252 - **Language:** English ### [c29.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.252) ⁴ It is said they sang a poem composed by Vālmīki praising Rāma’s exploits before Rāma; and so kuśīlava came to mean a ‘minstrel’ (Mat 227, 119. MBh xiii, 90, 4280). This is not improbable, cf. the words, euhemerist, burke, boycott, bowdler. What they sang could not have been the present Rāmāyaṇa, which is a brahmanical production of much later date: see p. 202, note 1. - [Previous: c29.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.251) - [Next: c29.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.253) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) ## Cites (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.227.119) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.252) · Pramāṇa