Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s3.t14.5

v2.c10.s3.t14.5

a promise to one of his wives. Rāma was obedient to his father and took his wife and his younger brother Lakṣhmaṇa into the woods. In the woods, Rāma displeased Śūrpaṇakhā, the younger sister of Rakshasa Raja Rāvaṇa of Laṅkā, which led to a series of problems. But Rāma defeated Rāvaṇa with the help of Hānumāna and his army and saved Sītā. The couple was reunited ultimately. After the end of the exile period, Rāma returned home on a carriage made of clouds, took the throne and established the Rāma Dynasty. Since then, he started to rule the state and people started to live and work in peace and contentment.