A History of Agriculture in India v1.c26.s2.3

v1.c26.s2.3

The *Ramayana* is dated between 200 B.C. and A.D. 200. The author of the *Ramayana* was the sage Valmiki. Briefly, the story is as follows: Dasaratha was the king of Ayodhya. His eldest son Rama was married to Sita, daughter of King Janaka of Mithila in Bihar. Janaka is called *Sira-dhwaja*, ‘he of the plough-banner’, because his daughter Sita sprang up ready-formed from the furrow when he was ploughing the ground and preparing for a sacrifice to obtain offspring. The legend indicates the esteem in which agriculture was held.